The stability and convergence of an explicit difference scheme for the Schrödinger equation on an infinite domain by using artificial boundary conditions

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 219, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 879-898

  Sun, Zhi zhong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial boundary condition; Convergence; Finite difference; Fractional derivative boundary condition; Infinite domain; Schr dinger equation; Solvability; Stability

Indexed keywords

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONVERGENCE; EXPLICIT DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; FINITE DIFFERENCE; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVE BOUNDARY CONDITION; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; INFINITE DOMAINS; SCHRÖDINGE EQUATION; SOLVABILITY; STABILITY AND CONVERGENCE;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS;

EID: 33750634095     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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