On variational approximations in quantum molecular dynamics

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 74, Issue 250, 2005, Pages 765-779

  Lubich, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dirac Frenkel McLachlan variational principle; Error bounds; Optimality; Quantum dynamics; Time dependent Hartree and Hartree Fock methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 14944376375     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-04-01685-0     Document Type: Article

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