Direct Numerical Solutions to Stochastic Differential Equations with Multiplicative Noise

Phys Rev Lett. 2024 Jun 28;132(26):267101. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.267101.

Abstract

Inspired by path integral solutions to the quantum relaxation problem, we develop a numerical method to solve classical stochastic differential equations with multiplicative noise that avoids averaging over trajectories. To test the method, we simulate the dynamics of a classical oscillator multiplicatively coupled to non-Markovian noise. When accelerated using tensor factorization techniques, it accurately estimates the transition into the bifurcation regime of the oscillator and outperforms trajectory-averaging simulations with a computational cost that is orders of magnitude lower.