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| Main Authors: | , , , , |
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| Format: | Preprint |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.15541 |
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- This study presents the derivation of a recursive formula for integrals of products of $N$ Hermite polynomials, establishing a numerically stable scheme for their accurate evaluation in computer codes. The derivation is notably simple and leverages solely the well-established properties of Hermite polynomials and the method of integration by parts. Importantly, our formulation completely circumvents explicit factorials, thereby preventing potential numerical instabilities and overflows, while facilitating high-precision computations for large indices. These findings are of significant relevance to a variety of areas in physics and mathematics. In particular, they offer an efficient and accurate framework for calculating two- and three-body matrix elements in ab initio simulations of few-body systems under a 1D harmonic confinement using the Configuration Interactions approach. A numerical subroutine implementing the recursive formula is provided as supplemental material.