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arxiv: quant-ph/0202047 · v3 · submitted 2002-02-07 · 🪐 quant-ph · hep-th· math-ph· math.MP· physics.comp-ph

Arbitrarily Accurate Eigenvalues for General Anharmonic Potentials

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keywords equationsfunctionyieldsaccurateanharmonicarbitrarilyarbitraryargument
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We show that the Riccati form of the Schrodinger equation can be reformulated in terms of two linear equations depending on an arbitrary function G. When $G$ and the potential are polynomials, the solutions of these two equations are entire functions (L and K) and the zeroes of K are identical to those of the wave function. Requiring such a zero at a large but finite value of the argument yields the low energy eigenstates with exponentially small errors. Judicious choice of G can improve dramatically the numerical treatment. The method yields many significant digits with modest computer means.

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