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Lower bounds for eigenvalues. Technical report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6473424

Various methods for the calculation of lower bounds for eigenvalues are examined, including those of Weinstein, Temple, Bazley and Fox, Gay, and Miller. It is shown how all of these can be derived in a unified manner by the projection technique. The alternate forms obtained for the Gay formula show how a considerably improved method can be readily obtained. Applied to the ground state of the helium atom with a simple screened hydrogenic trial function, this new method gives a lower bound closer to the true energy than the best upper bound obtained with this form of trial function. Possible routes to further improved methods are suggested.

Research Organization:
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (USA). Mallinckrodt Lab.
OSTI ID:
6473424
Report Number(s):
AD-464263
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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