arXiv · quant-ph/0202047
Arbitrarily Accurate Eigenvalues for General Anharmonic Potentials
Abstract
We show that the Riccati form of the Schrodinger equation can be reformulated in terms of two linear equations depending on an arbitrary function G. When $G$ and the potential are polynomials, the solutions of these two equations are entire functions (L and K) and the zeroes of K are identical to those of the wave function. Requiring such a zero at a large but finite value of the argument yields the low energy eigenstates with exponentially small errors. Judicious choice of G can improve dramatically the numerical treatment. The method yields many significant digits with modest computer means.
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Y. Meurice. 2002-09-06. Arbitrarily Accurate Eigenvalues for General Anharmonic Potentials. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470%2F35%2F41%2F314
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