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On the harmonic oscillator on the Lobachevsky plane

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-13 v1 math.MP

Abstract

We introduce the harmonic oscillator on the Lobachevsky plane with the aid of the potential V(r)=(a2ω2/4)sinh(r/a)2V(r)=(a^2\omega^2/4)sinh(r/a)^2 where aa is the curvature radius and rr is the geodesic distance from a fixed center. Thus the potential is rotationally symmetric and unbounded likewise as in the Euclidean case. The eigenvalue equation leads to the differential equation of spheroidal functions. We provide a basic numerical analysis of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions in the case when the value of the angular momentum, mm, equals 0.

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@article{arxiv.0709.3697,
  title  = {On the harmonic oscillator on the Lobachevsky plane},
  author = {P. Stovicek and M. Tusek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0709.3697},
  year   = {2009}
}

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to appear in Russian Journal of Mathematical Physics (memorial volume in honor of Vladimir Geyler)

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