An exactly soluble Schrödinger equation with smooth position-dependent mass

Journal of Mathematical Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 2551-2563

  Dekar, Liès ^a,c   Chetouani, Lyazid ^b   Hammann, Théophile F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDEA   (Algeria)

^b Universite Mentouri Constantine   (Algeria)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE HAUTE ALSACE   (France)

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EID: 0032371665     PISSN: 00222488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.532407     Document Type: Article

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