Nonsensitive Homotopy-Padé Approach: Anharmonic Oscillators

Abstract

In order to investigate a complicated physical system, it is convenient to consider a simple, easy to solve model, which is chosen to reflect as much physics as possible of the original system, as an ideal approximation. Motivated by this fundamental idea, we propose a novel asymptotic method, the nonsensitive homotopy-Padé approach. In this method, homotopy relations are constructed to link the original system with an ideal, solvable model. An artificial homotopy parameter is introduced to the homotopy relations as the normal perturbation parameter to generate the perturbation series, and is used to implement the Padé approximation. Meanwhile, some other auxiliary nonperturbative parameters, which are used to control the convergence of the perturbation series, are inserted to the approximants, and are fixed via the principle of minimal sensitivity. The method is used to study the eigenvalue problem of the quantum anharmonic oscillators. Highly accurate numerical results show its validity. Possible further studies on this method are also briefly discussed.