Solution by Recursion of the N -Body Electrostatic Schrödinger Equation
Author(s) -
Dwayne L. Knirk
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
proceedings of the national academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1091-6490
pISSN - 0027-8424
DOI - 10.1073/pnas.71.4.1291
Subject(s) - eigenvalues and eigenvectors , recursion (computer science) , wave function , schrödinger equation , algebraic number , algebraic solution , mathematics , mathematical physics , physics , atom (system on chip) , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , differential equation , computer science , differential algebraic equation , ordinary differential equation , algorithm , embedded system
A generalized partial wave expansion of atomic wavefunctions has been shown to allow exact solution of the many-electron Schrödinger equation. This solution is constructed here by an algebraic recursion method, and several analytical properties of such wave-functions are easily obtained. Eigenstates of the atom correspond to such solutions which satisfy certain boundary conditions for infinite extension of the system. A method of locating these states is presented.
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