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Review of the recent applications of the stochastic variational method.

Kálmán Varga

Published Aug 11, 2000• 0 citations
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Abstract

The recent applications of the stochastic variational method is reported.Besides the review of the earlier calculations for atomic, nuclear and subnuclear systems, recent developments on quantum dots, quantum wells and on atoms in strong magnetic field is presented.

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