Connection of Close Quarters to Generalized Turning Points.

Abstract

The solutions of Schroedinger equations have well-known WKB-approximations, but the coefficients in these differ on the two sides of a turning point. A new method for connecting them across such points is developed to extend present theory to a more general class of turning points, which includes logarithmic branch points of q(z), among many others. To this end, a delicate contraction for an integral equation differing from those of Langer and Olver is used to show that Bessel functions can still approximate the solutions at a certain, small distance from the irregular point of above Schroedinger equation even though not uniformly near it. A novel feature of the analysis is that the extreme variation of the exponential kernel is here controlled even on non-progressive paths. Connection is completed radially by means of the same integral equation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1980
Accession Number
ADA086384

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  • J. F. Painter
  • R. E. Meyer

Organizations

  • University of Wisconsin–Madison

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  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

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  • Boundaries
  • Coefficients
  • Complex Numbers
  • Computations
  • Contracts
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Integral Equations
  • Integrals
  • Mathematics
  • Modulation
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  • Real Numbers
  • Real Variables
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  • Wisconsin

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