Difference Schemes for Equations of Schrodinger Type.

Abstract

We introduce and analyze a collection of difference schemes for the numerical solution of an equation of the Schrodinger type. This includes explicit and implicit schemes, 2-level and 3-level schemes and real and complex schemes. Many of these are analogous to classical schemes for the heat equation and the wave equation but some schemes are unique to the Schrodinger equation. Von Neumann type stability results are given for all the schemes and extensions to higher dimensions are derived in most cases. Many of stability results are quite different from the corresponding results for the heat equation and the wave equation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1984
Accession Number
ADA145812

Entities

People

  • L. J. Shen
  • T. F. Chan

Organizations

  • Yale University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acoustic Waves
  • Computational Fluid Dynamics
  • Computational Science
  • Computer Science
  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Fluid Mechanics
  • Formulas (Mathematics)
  • Lasers
  • Numerical Analysis
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Schrodinger Equation
  • Stability Conditions
  • Theorems
  • Wave Equations
  • Wave Propagation

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Calculus or Mathematical Analysis