Abstract

Potential scattering is treated by a minimum variational principle. The method, known as the error method, is applicable to problems which can be cast as linear inhomogeneous equations. The method makes use of a non-negative functional which reduces to zero for the exact solution. The magnitude of the functional for approximate solutions provides an indication of the accuracy of the wave function. The method is illustrated by some examples, and compared with the Schwinger and Kohn principles.

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