Upper and lower bounds in quantum mechanical perturbation theory using linear programming

✍ Scribed by R.P. Futrelle; D.A. McQuarrie

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1968
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 382 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2614
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2614(68)85006-7

✦ Synopsis

Upper and lower bounds to quantum mechanical second order perturbation quantities are found using the method of Linear Programming.

In this paper bounds on the polarizability of hydrogen, helium and neon are obtained using the sum rules popularized by Dalgarno.