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Revista Mexicana de Física E

R-separable solutions of the Schrödinger equation

G. F. Torres del Castillo

Published Jul 1, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present two examples where the Schrödinger equation admits R-separable solutions. In one of them (a particle in a uniform force field) the Schrödinger equation admits separable and R-separable solutions.
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10.31349/revmexfise.23.020203

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