Second-order Chernoff approximation error conjecture

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Let (etL)t0(e^{tL})_{t\geq 0} be a C0C_0-semigroup in a Banach space F\mathcal{F} with generator (L,D(L))(L,D(L)). Let GG be a Chernoff function for LL satisfying condition (N) or (N'). Fix t00t_0\geq 0, and suppose that, for all t[0,t0]t\in[0,t_0], ff belongs to the domain of L4L^4. Second-order Chernoff approximation conjecture. Under possibly additional technical assumptions, there exists C0C\geq 0 such that, for all t[0,t0)t\in[0,t_0) and nNn\in\mathbb{N},

\left\\|\left(G\left(\frac{t}{n}\right)\right)^n f-e^{tL}f+\frac{t^2}{2n}e^{tL}\left(L^2-G”(0)\right)f\right\\|\leq\frac{C}{n^2}.

This is a proposed simplification of a previously cited conjecture concerning higher-order convergence of Chernoff approximations; the phrase “maybe under some other technical assumptions” indicates that the precise hypotheses needed for the estimate are not specified, so its resolution is unclear.

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Ivan D. Remizov and Alexandr V. Vedenin, “Quasi-Feynman formulas that provide fast converging Chernoff approximations to solution of parabolic differential equation on the real line”, arXiv:2606.27232 (2026).

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