Numerical approximation of quadratic observables of Schrödinger-type equations in the semi-classical limit

DOI10.1007/s002110050406zbMath0928.65109MaRDI QIDQ1282363

Paola Pietra, Peter Alexander Markowich, Carsten Pohl

Publication date: 31 May 1999

Published in: Numerische Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002110050406

zbMATH Keywords

convergence; numerical examples; finite difference discretization; Schrödinger-type equations; small Planck constant; Wigner-transform

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81Q05: Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics

65M06: Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

65M12: Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs

35Q55: NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations)

65Z05: Applications to the sciences

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