Discrete representations of the n-dimensional wave equation

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, , Citation H J Hrgovcic 1992 J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 25 1329 DOI 10.1088/0305-4470/25/5/033

0305-4470/25/5/1329

Abstract

A system of first-order difference equations on a rectangular n-dimensional lattice is presented, which reduces to the wave equation in the continuum limit. These equations allow solutions of the discrete wave equation to be expressed as summations of paths simpler than those obtained through standard path integral formalism, which in turn allows wave solutions to be simulated by the same Monte Carlo and other methods used to model diffusion phenomena.

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