Physical applications of second-order linear differential equations that admit polynomial solutions

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/43/41/415206zbMATH Open1200.81049arXiv1009.0464OpenAlexW2088161577MaRDI QIDQ3053191FDOQ3053191

Authors: Hakan Çiftçi, Nasser Saad, Ebubekir Dogu, Richard L. Hall 

Publication date: 4 November 2010

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Conditions are given for the second-order linear differential equation P3 y" + P2 y'- P1 y = 0 to have polynomial solutions, where Pn is a polynomial of degree n. Several application of these results to Schroedinger's equation are discussed. Conditions under which the confluent, biconfluent, and the general Heun equation yield polynomial solutions are explicitly given. Some new classes of exactly solvable differential equation are also discussed. The results of this work are expressed in such way as to allow direct use, without preliminary analysis.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.0464

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Schrödinger operator, Schrödinger equation (35J10) Orthogonal polynomials and functions in several variables expressible in terms of basic hypergeometric functions in one variable (33D50) Particular ordinary differential operators (Dirac, one-dimensional Schrödinger, etc.) (34L40) Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) Polynomial solutions to PDEs (35C11)

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