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Symplectic integrators for the numerical solution of the Schrödinger equation

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In this paper, the Schrodinger equation is transformed into a Hamiltonian canonical equation and the concept of asymptotic symplecticness is introduced and methods of order up to 3 are developed.
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This article is published in Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics.The article was published on 2003-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 151 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Symplectic integrator & Variational integrator.

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A parametric symmetric linear four-step method for the efficient integration of the Schrödinger equation and related oscillatory problems

TL;DR: An explicit symmetric linear phase-fitted four-step method with a free coefficient as parameter used for the optimization of the method in order to solve efficiently the Schrodinger equation and related oscillatory problems is developed.
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Optimizing a Hybrid Two-Step Method for the Numerical Solution of the Schrödinger Equation and Related Problems with Respect to Phase-Lag

TL;DR: This work studies how the vanishing of the phase-lag and its derivatives optimizes the efficiency of the hybrid two-step method for the numerical solution of the radial Schrodinger equation and related problems with periodic or oscillating solutions.
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A Modified Runge-Kutta-Nyström Method by using Phase Lag Properties for the Numerical Solution of Orbital Problems

TL;DR: In this paper, a modified Runge-Kutta-Nystrom method of third algebraic order is developed, which has phase-lag and amplification error of order infinity.
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A family of trigonometrically fitted partitioned Runge–Kutta symplectic methods

TL;DR: A family of trigonometrically fitted partitioned Runge–Kutta symplectic methods of fourth order with six stages considering the solution of the one-dimensional time independent Schrodinger equation is presented.
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On the Explicit Four-Step Methods with Vanished Phase-Lag and its First Derivative

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated a family of explicit four-step methodel methods for the case of vanishing of phase-lag and its first derivative, which are efficient for the numerical solution of the Schr ¨ odinger equation and related initial-value or boundary-value problems with periodic and/or oscillating solutions.
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Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics

TL;DR: In this paper, Newtonian mechanics: experimental facts investigation of the equations of motion, variational principles Lagrangian mechanics on manifolds oscillations rigid bodies, differential forms symplectic manifolds canonical formalism introduction to pertubation theory.
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Construction of higher order symplectic integrators

Haruo Yoshida
- 12 Nov 1990 - 
TL;DR: For Hamiltonian systems of the form H = T(p)+V(q) a method was shown to construct explicit and time reversible symplectic integrators of higher order as discussed by the authors.
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Numerical Hamiltonian Problems

TL;DR: Examples of Hamiltonian Systems, symplectic integration, and Numerical Methods: Checking preservation of area: Jacobians, and Necessity of the symplecticness conditions.
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Practical points concerning the solution of the Schrödinger equation

TL;DR: In this article, the numerical solution of the one-dimensional Schrodinger equation in a potential of the type occurring in molecular spectroscopy was considered, with both an inner and an outer classical turning point.
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Two-step methods for the numerical solution of the Schrödinger equation

TL;DR: A new two-step exponentially-fitted formula is derived and applied to the Schrödinger equation and is found to be significantly more accurate than the standard methods, for large values of the energy.
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