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Special features of the relation between Fisher Information and Schr\"odinger eigenvalue equation

Quantum Physics 2011-05-26 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

It is well known that a suggestive relation exists that links Schr\"odinger's equation (SE) to the information-optimizing principle based on Fisher's information measure (FIM). The connection entails the existence of a Legendre transform structure underlying the SE. Here we show that appeal to this structure leads to a first order differential equation for the SE's eigenvalues that, in certain cases, can be used to obtain the eigenvalues without explicitly solving SE. Complying with the above mentioned equation constitutes a necessary condition to be satisfied by an energy eigenvalue. We show that the general solution is unique.

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@article{arxiv.1105.5054,
  title  = {Special features of the relation between Fisher Information and Schr\"odinger eigenvalue equation},
  author = {S. P. Flego and A. Plastino and A. R. Plastino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.5054},
  year   = {2011}
}