Optimally truncated WKB approximation for the highly oscillatory stationary 1D Schrödinger equation

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Main Authors: Körner, Jannis, Arnold, Anton, Klein, Christian, Melenk, Jens Markus
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author Körner, Jannis
Arnold, Anton
Klein, Christian
Melenk, Jens Markus
author_facet Körner, Jannis
Arnold, Anton
Klein, Christian
Melenk, Jens Markus
contents We discuss the numerical solution of initial value problems for $\varepsilon^2\,φ''+a(x)\,φ=0$ in the highly oscillatory regime, i.e., with $a(x)>0$ and $0<\varepsilon\ll 1$. We analyze and implement an approximate solution based on the well-known WKB-ansatz. The resulting approximation error is of magnitude $\mathcal{O}(\varepsilon^{N})$ where $N$ refers to the truncation order of the underlying asymptotic series. When the optimal truncation order $N_{opt}$ is chosen, the error behaves like $\mathcal{O}(\varepsilon^{-2}\exp(-c\varepsilon^{-1}))$ with some $c>0$.
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spellingShingle Optimally truncated WKB approximation for the highly oscillatory stationary 1D Schrödinger equation
Körner, Jannis
Arnold, Anton
Klein, Christian
Melenk, Jens Markus
Numerical Analysis
We discuss the numerical solution of initial value problems for $\varepsilon^2\,φ''+a(x)\,φ=0$ in the highly oscillatory regime, i.e., with $a(x)>0$ and $0<\varepsilon\ll 1$. We analyze and implement an approximate solution based on the well-known WKB-ansatz. The resulting approximation error is of magnitude $\mathcal{O}(\varepsilon^{N})$ where $N$ refers to the truncation order of the underlying asymptotic series. When the optimal truncation order $N_{opt}$ is chosen, the error behaves like $\mathcal{O}(\varepsilon^{-2}\exp(-c\varepsilon^{-1}))$ with some $c>0$.
title Optimally truncated WKB approximation for the highly oscillatory stationary 1D Schrödinger equation
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00955