Numerical Integration of Schroedinger's Equation for a Square Well Potential Using an IBM 1620 Computer

Authors

Richard D. Adams, Upper Iowa UniversityFollow
Edgar Ganfield, Upper Iowa University
Gerald Sprouse, Upper Iowa University

Document Type

Research

Abstract

For pedagogical purposes, numerical integration methods are applied to a simple eigenvalue problem in quantum mechanics. Computer programming of the problem is discussed, the effect of different choices of initial conditions is mentioned, and the sensitivity of the method, to the difference interval width is discussed.

Publication Date

1964

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

71

Issue

1

First Page

392

Last Page

398

Copyright

©1964 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Adams, Richard D.; Ganfield, Edgar; and Sprouse, Gerald (1964) "Numerical Integration of Schroedinger's Equation for a Square Well Potential Using an IBM 1620 Computer," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 71(1), 392-398.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol71/iss1/57