Numerical approximations of a nonlinear eigenvalue problem and applications to a density functional model

Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1723-1742

  Chen, Huajie ^a,b   Gong, Xingao ^c   Zhou, Aihui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENTIFIC ENGINEERING COMPUTING   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Density functional; Eigenvalue; Galerkin discretization; Nonlinear; Numerical approximation; Orbital free

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONALS; EIGEN-VALUE; GALERKIN DISCRETIZATION; NONLINEAR; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; ORBITAL-FREE;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GALERKIN METHODS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 77956912842     PISSN: 01704214     EISSN: 10991476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mma.1292     Document Type: Article

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