The randomized complexity of initial value problems

  • Authors:
  • Stefan Heinrich;Bernhard Milla

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, University of Kaiserslautern, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany;Department of Computer Science, University of Kaiserslautern, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Complexity
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

We study the complexity of randomized solution of initial value problems for systems of ordinary differential equations (ODE). The input data are assumed to be @c-smooth (@c=r+@r: the rth derivatives satisfy a @r-Holder condition). Recently, the following almost sharp estimate of the order of the nth minimal error was given by Kacewicz [Almost optimal solution of initial-value problems by randomized and quantum algorithms, J. Complexity 22 (2006) 676-690, see also ]:c"1n^-^@c^-^1^/^2=0. We present a Taylor Monte Carlo method and show that it has error rate n^-^@c^-^1^/^2, this way establishing the exact order of the randomized nth minimal error.