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Main Authors: Fu, Zhichang, Li, Yunhai, Zhou, Weiqing, Yuan, Shengjun
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17432
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author Fu, Zhichang
Li, Yunhai
Zhou, Weiqing
Yuan, Shengjun
author_facet Fu, Zhichang
Li, Yunhai
Zhou, Weiqing
Yuan, Shengjun
contents The $O(N)$ stochastic propagation method, which relies on the numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation using random initial states, is widely used in large-scale first-principles calculations. In this work, we eliminate the conventional sequential computation of intermediate states by introducing a concurrent strategy that minimizes information redundancy. The new method, in its state-, moment-, and energy-based implementations, not only surpasses the time step constraint of sequential propagation but also maintains precision within the framework of the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem. Systematic benchmarking on one billion atoms within the tight-binding model demonstrates that our new concurrent method achieves up to an order-of-magnitude speedup, enabling the rapid computation of a wide range of electronic, optical, and transport properties. This performance breakthrough offers valuable insights for enhancing other time-propagation algorithms, including those employed in large-scale stochastic density functional theory.
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spellingShingle Large-scale stochastic propagation method beyond the sequential approach
Fu, Zhichang
Li, Yunhai
Zhou, Weiqing
Yuan, Shengjun
Computational Physics
Materials Science
The $O(N)$ stochastic propagation method, which relies on the numerical solution of the time-dependent Schrödinger equation using random initial states, is widely used in large-scale first-principles calculations. In this work, we eliminate the conventional sequential computation of intermediate states by introducing a concurrent strategy that minimizes information redundancy. The new method, in its state-, moment-, and energy-based implementations, not only surpasses the time step constraint of sequential propagation but also maintains precision within the framework of the Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem. Systematic benchmarking on one billion atoms within the tight-binding model demonstrates that our new concurrent method achieves up to an order-of-magnitude speedup, enabling the rapid computation of a wide range of electronic, optical, and transport properties. This performance breakthrough offers valuable insights for enhancing other time-propagation algorithms, including those employed in large-scale stochastic density functional theory.
title Large-scale stochastic propagation method beyond the sequential approach
topic Computational Physics
Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.17432