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Supersymmetric features of the Error and Dawson's functions

Mathematical Physics 2015-10-14 v1 math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

Following a letter by Bassett, we show first that it is possible to find an analytical approximation to the error function in terms of a finite series of hyperbolic tangents from the supersymmetric (SUSY) solution of the Poschl-Teller eigenvalue problem in quantum mechanics (QM). Afterwards, we show that the second order differential equation for the derivatives of Dawson's function can be found in another SUSY related eigenvalue problem, where the factorization of the simple harmonic oscillator Hamiltonian renders the wrong-sign Hermite differential equation, and that Dawson's second order differential equation possess a singular SUSY type relation to this equation.

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@article{arxiv.1510.03735,
  title  = {Supersymmetric features of the Error and Dawson's functions},
  author = {Marco A. Reyes and Rafael Arcos-Olalla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1510.03735},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

13 pages, 5 figures. Accepted for publication in Revista Mexicana de Fisica