On finite difference methods for the solution of the Schrödinger equation

Computers and Chemistry

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 513-554

  Simos, T E ^a   Williams, P S ^b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bessel and neumann fitting; Eigenvalue problems; Exponential fitting; Finite differences; Multistep methods; Phase shift problems; Phase lag coupled differential equations; Resonance problems; Scattering problems; Schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001237676     PISSN: 00978485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0097-8485(99)00023-6     Document Type: Review

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