An extended Numerov-type method for the numerical solution of the Schrödinger equation

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 67-78

  Simos, T E ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue problem; Finite differences; Phase lag; Schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS;

SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0031128552     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0898-1221(97)00077-1     Document Type: Article

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