Solutions of Helmholtz and Schrödinger equations with side condition and nonregular separation of variables

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2012.089MaRDI QIDQ352404zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Philip Broadbridge, W. jun. Miller, Claudia M. Chanu

Publication date 4 July 2013

Published in SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.2019

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zbMATH Keywords

Helmholtz equationnonregular separation of variablesSchrödinger equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40)

Abstract: Olver and Rosenau studied group-invariant solutions of (generally nonlinear) partial differential equations through the imposition of a side condition. We apply a similar idea to the special case of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian systems, namely Hamilton-Jacobi, Helmholtz and time-independent Schr"odinger equations with potential on $N$-dimensional Riemannian and pseudo-Riemannian manifolds, but with a linear side condition, where more structure is available. We show that the requirement of $N-1$ commuting second-order symmetry operators, modulo a second-order linear side condition corresponds to nonregular separation of variables in an orthogonal coordinate system, characterized by a generalized St"ackel matrix. The coordinates and solutions obtainable through true nonregular separation are distinct from those arising through regular separation of variables. We develop the theory for these systems and provide examples.

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