An exponentially fitted eighth-order method for the numerical solution of the Schrödinger equation

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 108, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 177-194

  Simos, T E ^a  

^a Sch Eng   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coupled differential equation; Exponentially fitted method; Hybrid method; Scattering problem; Schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTEGRATION; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS;

COUPLED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; EXPONENTIALLY FITTED METHOD; HYBRID METHOD; SCHRODINGER EQUATION;

CURVE FITTING;

EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELING;

EID: 0032842252     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-0427(99)00109-0     Document Type: Article

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