Variation principle for the time depende
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Esper Dalgaard
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Article
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1980
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract A modified form of Frenkel's time‐dependent variation principle, suggested by McLachlan for state vectors, is employed to discuss the optimal time evolution of a density operator ρ(__t__). An __ansatz__ is made for this operator such that __i__(__d__ρ/__dt__) = [__S__, ρ], where __S__(_