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We analyze the distribution of the eigenvalues of the quantum-mechanical rotating harmonic oscillator by means of the Frobenius method. A suitable ansatz leads to a three-term recurrence relation for the expansion coefficients. Truncation…
The eigenvalues of a pure quartic oscillator are computed, applying a canonical operator formulation, generalized from the harmonic oscillator. Solving a 10x10 secular equation produces eigenvalues in agreement, to at least 4 significant…
Using heuristic arguments alone, based on the properties of the wavefunctions, we obtain the energy eigenvalues and the corresponding eigenfunctions of the one-dimensional harmonic oscillator. This approach is considerably simpler and is…
Closed-form expressions for the singular-potential integrals <m| x^-alpha |n> are obtained with respect to the Gol'dman and Krivchenkov eigenfunctions for the singular potential V(x) = B x^2 + A/x^2, B > 0, A >= 0. These formulas are…
The eigenvalue bounds obtained earlier [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 31 (1998) 963] for smooth transformations of the form V(x) = g(x^2) + f(1/x^2) are extended to N-dimensions. In particular a simple formula is derived which bounds the…
We obtain sufficiently accurate eigenvalues and eigenfunctions for the anharmonic oscillator with potential $V(x,y)=x^{2}y^{2}$ by means of three different methods. Our results strongly suggest that the spectrum of this oscillator is…
The determination of the eigenenergies of a quantum anharmonic oscillator consists merely in finding the zeros of a function of the energy, namely the Wronskian of two solutions of the Schroedinger equation which are regular respectively at…
We examine a class of exact solutions for the eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of a doubly anharmonic oscillator defined by the potential $V(x)=\omega^2/2 x^2+\lambda x^4/4+\eta x^6/6$, $\eta>0$. These solutions hold provided certain…
We give an algebraic derivation of the eigenvalues of energy of a quantum harmonic oscillator on the surface of constant curvature, i.e. on the sphere or on the hyperbolic plane. We use the method proposed by Daskaloyannis for fixing the…
A powerful method for calculating the eigenvalues of a Hamiltonian operator consists of converting the energy eigenvalue equation into a matrix equation by means of an appropriate basis set of functions. The convergence of the method can be…
We describe a method for the calculation of accurate energy eigenvalues and expectation values of observables of separable quantum-mechanical models. We discuss the application of the approach to one-dimensional anharmonic oscillators with…
The inverted harmonic oscillator problem is investigated quantum mechanically. The exact wave function for the confined inverted oscillator is obtained and it is shown that the associated energy eigenvalues are discrete and it is given as a…
We introduce the harmonic oscillator on the Lobachevsky plane with the aid of the potential $V(r)=(a^2\omega^2/4)sinh(r/a)^2$ where $a$ is the curvature radius and $r$ is the geodesic distance from a fixed center. Thus the potential is…
We write a computer program that uses the recursion relation to calculate wave function in the harmonic-oscillator potential for specified values of E/hv (with its deviation 0.001) containing only even numbers of v (0,2,4,...). In this…
In this work, the energy eigenvalues are calculated for the quadratic ($\frac{g^2 x^2}{2}$), pure quartic ($\lambda x^4 $), and quartic anharmonic oscillators ($\frac{g^2 x^2}{2} + \lambda x^4 $) by applying variational method. For this,…
The literature on the exponential Fourier approach to the one-dimensional quantum harmonic oscillator problem is revised and criticized. It is shown that the solution of this problem has been built on faulty premises. The problem is…
We discuss the solutions of the Schroedinger equation for piecewise potentials, given by the harmonic oscillator potential for $\vert x\vert >a$ and an arbitrary function for $\vert x\vert <a$, using elementary methods. The study of this…
It is shown that the eigenvalue problem for the Hamiltonians of the standard form, $H=p^2/(2m)+V(x)$, is equivalent to the classical dynamical equation for certain harmonic oscillators with time-dependent frequency. This is another…
The power series method has been adapted to compute the spectrum of the Schrodinger equation for central potential of the form $V(r)={d_{-2}\over r^2}+{d_{-1}\over r}+\sum_{i=0}^{\infty} d_{i}r^i$. The bound-state energies are given as…
A quantum anharmonic oscillator is defined by the Hamiltonian ${\cal H}= -\frac{ {\rm d^{2}}}{{\rm d}x^{2}} + V(x)$, where the potential is given by $V(x) = \sum_{i=1}^{m} c_{i} x^{2i}$ with $c_{m}>0$. Using the Sinc collocation method…