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Journal of Mathematical Physics

Mass dependence of Schrödinger wavefunctions for an exponential potential

Rajkumar Roychoudhury

Published Sep 1, 1982• 0 citations
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Abstract

It is shown that the condition G(r)⩾0 for r⩾0, where G(r) = (∂/∂m)∫r0(u(r))2dr, does not hold in the case of exponential type potentials.
DOI
10.1063/1.525546

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