A method has been introduced to derive the solution of the time-independent Schrodinger equation for the simple harmonic oscillator. A trial solution has been chosen as the product of the divergent part of the approximate asymptomatic solution of the Schrodinger equation and an unknown function. By inserting this trial solution into the same equation, an equation of that unknown function is obtained. This equation has a recursive property which has been exploited to obtain the solutions of the equation. It is all about reconstruction of the equation with different solutions of that unknown function by repetitive differentiation and that ultimately leads to the wave functions of the Schrodinger equation for harmonic oscillator.
In all the applications of the formalism of quantum theory, we have considered mainly time-independent potential functions, V ( r , t ) = V ( r ). Such potentials made it easier to solve exactly the Schrodinger's equation or by solving the Schrodinger's equation approximately by using perturbation theory. The solution of the Schrodinger equation for time-independent potentials is obtained by using method of separable variables. The solution of time-independent Schrodinger gives stationary states, and the time dependence of the wave function is obtained by adding a phase factor to the stationary state. The schematic that follows describes such an approach ( Figure 7.1 ).
This project enumerates methods utilizing discretized centered-difference approximations on the second order differential equation for quantum particles known as Schrodinger’s Equation. An eigenvalue-eigenfunction scheme is developed to sieve for valid solutions to The Time Independent Schrodinger Equation. Additionally the Crank-Nicolson method is applied to the Time Dependent Schrodinger Equation to describe wavefunction (eigenfunction) time evolution. The validity of these methods is discussed with applications to several fundamental pedagogical introductory quantum mechanic systems.