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We use the "tridiagonal representation approach" to solve the time-independent Schr\"odinger equation for bound states in a basis set of finite size. We obtain two classes of solutions written as finite series of square integrable functions…
We choose a complete set of square integrable functions as basis for the expansion of the wavefunction in configuration space such that the matrix representation of the nonrelativistic time-independent wave operator is tridiagonal and…
We lift the constraint of a diagonal representation of the Hamiltonian by searching for square integrable bases that support an infinite tridiagonal matrix representation of the wave operator. The class of solutions obtained as such…
We lift the constraint of a diagonal representation of the Hamiltonian by searching for square integrable bases that support a tridiagonal matrix representation of the wave operator. Doing so results in exactly solvable problems with a…
A new solvable hyperbolic single wave potential is found by expanding the regular solution of the 1D Schr\"odinger equation in terms of square integrable basis. The main characteristic of the basis is in supporting an infinite tridiagonal…
This is the second article in a series where we succeed in enlarging the class of solvable problems in one and three dimensions. We do that by working in a complete square integrable basis that carries a tridiagonal matrix representation of…
We obtain analytic solution of the time-independent Schrodinger equation in two dimensions for a charged particle moving in the field of an electric quadrupole. The solution is written as a series in terms of special functions that support…
This is the fourth article in a series where we succeed in enlarging the class of exactly solvable quantum systems. We do that by working in a complete set of square integrable basis that carries a tridiagonal matrix representation for the…
In this article, we answer the following question: If the wave equation possesses bound states but it is exactly solvable for only a single non-zero energy, can we find all bound state solutions (energy spectrum and associated…
We relax the usual diagonal constraint on the matrix representation of the eigenvalue wave equation by allowing it to be tridiagonal. This results in a larger solution space that incorporates an exact analytic solution for the non-central…
We construct a tridiagonal matrix representation of the wave operator that maps the wave equation into a three-term recursion relation for the expansion coefficients of the wavefunction. Finding a solution of the recursion relation is…
We use the Tridiagonal Representation Approach (TRA) to obtain exact bound states solution (energy spectrum and wavefunction) of the Schr\"odinger equation for a three-parameter short-range potential with 1/r, 1/r^2 and 1/r^3 singularities…
Given a spatially dependent mass distribution we obtain potential functions for exactly solvable nonrelativistic problems. The energy spectrum of the bound states and their wavefunctions are written down explicitly. This is accomplished by…
The tridiagonal representation approach is an algebraic method for solving second order differential wave equations. Using this approach in the solution of quantum mechanical problems, we encounter two new classes of orthogonal polynomials…
Due to the space and time dependence of the wave function in the time dependent Schroedinger equation, different boundary conditions are possible. The equation is usually solved as an ``initial value problem'', by fixing the value of the…
We use the "tridiagonal representation approach" to solve the time-independent Schr\"odinger equation for the bound states of generalized versions of the trigonometric and hyperbolic P\"oschl-Teller potentials. These new solvable potentials…
An exactly solvable position-dependent mass Schr\"odinger equation in two dimensions, depicting a particle moving in a semi-infinite layer, is re-examined in the light of recent theories describing superintegrable two-dimensional systems…
We present the pedagogical method of Tridiagonal representation approach,an algebraic method for the solution of Schrodinger equation in nonrelativistic quantum mechanics for conventional potential functions. However, we solved a new three…
Solutions of time-independent Schrodinger equation for potentials periodic in space satisfy Bloch theorem. The theorem has been used to obtain solutions of the Schrodinger equation for periodic systems by expanding them in terms of plane…
We obtain L2-series solutions of the nonrelativistic three-dimensional wave equation for a large class of non-central potentials that includes, as special cases, the Aharonov-Bohm, Hartmann, and magnetic monopole potentials. It also…