Options on Quantum Money : Quantum Path-Integral with Serial Shocks

The author previously developed a numerical multivariate path-integral algorithm, PATHINT, which has been applied to several classical physics systems, including statistical mechanics of neocortical interactions, options in financial markets, and other nonlinear systems including chaotic systems. A new quantum version, qPATHINT, has the ability to take into account nonlinear and time-dependent modifications of an evolving system. qPATHINT is shown to be useful to study some aspects of serial changes to systems. Applications to options on quantum money and blockchains in financial markets are discussed