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Approximate Methods

The problems discussed in the previous section (harmonic oscillator, rigid rotator, etc.) are some of the few quantum mechanics problems which can be solved analytically. For the vast majority of chemical applications, the Schrödinger equation must be solved by approximate methods. The two primary approximation techniques are the variational method and perturbation theory.



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David Sherrill 2006-08-15