Physical Review A

Comment on ‘‘Optimization of approximate solutions to the time-dependent Schrödinger equation’’

José M. Maidagan, Rubén Darío Piacentini

Published Jun 1, 1985• 3 citations

Abstract

In a previous work [A. B. Weglein, Phys. Rev. A 17, 1810 (1978)], an optimization method to approximate solutions to the time-dependent Schr"odinger equation proposed by Chang and Rapp was further developed. We show that, if correct in a mathematical sense, it leads to results which are physically inadequate.

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.31.4023

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