Higher energy state approximations in the `Many Interacting Worlds' model

Abstract: In the Many Interacting Worlds' (MIW) discrete Hamiltonian system approximation of Schr\"odinger's wave equation, introduced in \cite{hall_2014}, convergence of ground states to the Normal ground state of the quantum harmonic oscillator, via Stein's method, in Wasserstein-$1$ distance with rate $\mathcal{O}(\sqrt{\log N}/N)$ has been shown in McKeague-Levin (2016), Chen-Thanh (2023), McKeague-Swan (2023). In this context, we construct approximate higher energy states of the MIW system, and show their convergence with the same rate in Wasserstein-$1$ distance to higher energy states of the quantum harmonic oscillator. In terms of techniques, we apply thedifferential equation' approach to Stein's method, which allows to handle behavior near zeros of the higher energy states.