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Error Bounds for Exponential Operator Splittings

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Error bounds for the Strang splitting in the presence of unbounded operators are derived in a general setting and are applied to evolutionary Schrödinger equations and their pseudo-spectral space discretization.

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  1. Mathematisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Tobias Jahnke

  2. Mathematisches Institut, Universität Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 10, D-72076, Tübingen, Germany

    Christian Lubich

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Jahnke, T., Lubich, C. Error Bounds for Exponential Operator Splittings. BIT Numerical Mathematics 40, 735–744 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022396519656

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