An accurate finite difference method for the numerical solution of the Schrödinger equation

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-61

  Simos, T E ^a,b  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Eigenvalue problem; Finite differences; Schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FUNCTIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 0032048272     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(98)00014-4     Document Type: Article

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