High order Bessel fitting methods for the numerical integration of the Schrödinger equation

A common physical example of wave propagation with radial symmetry is the ripple formed when a stone is dropped into a still pond. The disturbance originates at a central point and travels outward as a circular wave. As the radius of the wavefront increases, the same initial energy is distributed along a progressively larger circumference. Consequently, the amplitude, or height, of the wave decreases with distance from the center. This decay behavior cannot be captured by simple sine or cosine...

Multiple integration is an important mathematical method used to calculate physical quantities distributed over a two-dimensional region, such as the total mass of an elliptical plate. In this process, the density function is evaluated throughout the entire region enclosed by the ellipse. The contributions from all points inside the boundary are then accumulated to determine the total mass.When integration is performed directly in rectangular coordinates, the elliptical boundary produces limits...

Smart speakers process voice commands by modeling audio inputs as piecewise functions and analyzing them through integration against trigonometric functions, such as cosine. This mathematical approach is fundamental in signal processing, where complex sound waves are decomposed into simpler frequency components.Consider a definite integral involving a piecewise function multiplied by a cosine function. Because the function is defined differently over separate intervals, the integral is split...

Trigonometric integrals involve the integration of expressions containing powers of sine, cosine, and related functions. They are common in calculus problems and have applications in physics and engineering. The method for integrating expressions of the form sinm(x)cosn(x) depends on whether the exponents are odd or even.If the power of sine is odd, one sine factor is separated from the integrand, leaving an even power of sine. The remaining sine terms are rewritten in terms of cosine using the...

Shortly after de Broglie published his ideas that the electron in a hydrogen atom could be better thought of as being a circular standing wave instead of a particle moving in quantized circular orbits, Erwin Schrödinger extended de Broglie’s work by deriving what is now known as the Schrödinger equation. When Schrödinger applied his equation to hydrogen-like atoms, he was able to reproduce Bohr’s expression for the energy and, thus, the Rydberg formula governing hydrogen spectra. Schrödinger...

In many practical and theoretical contexts, the exact value of a definite integral may be inaccessible. This limitation typically arises when the antiderivative of a function is either unknown or cannot be expressed in a closed mathematical form. Alternatively, it can occur when a function is defined not by a formula but by a finite set of empirical data points, such as those collected during experiments. In these cases, approximate integration techniques provide a valuable solution.One of the...