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Accurate calculation of the solutions to the Thomas-Fermi equations

Quantum Physics 2014-01-21 v2

Abstract

We obtain highly accurate solutions to the Thomas-Fermi equations for atoms and atoms in very strong magnetic fields. We apply the Pad\'e-Hankel method, numerical integration, power series with Pad\'e and Hermite-Pad\'e approximants and Chebyshev polynomials. Both the slope at origin and the location of the right boundary in the magnetic-field case are given with unprecedented accuracy.

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@article{arxiv.1205.1704,
  title  = {Accurate calculation of the solutions to the Thomas-Fermi equations},
  author = {Paolo Amore and John P. Boyd and Francisco M. Fernández},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1205.1704},
  year   = {2014}
}