Some properties of WKB series

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Abstract: We investigate some properties of the WKB series for arbitrary analytic potentials and then specifically for potentials xN (N even), where more explicit formulae for the WKB terms are derived. Our main new results are: (i) We find the explicit functional form for the general WKB terms sigmak, where one has only to solve a general recursion relation for the rational coefficients. (ii) We give a systematic algorithm for a dramatic simplification of the integrated WKB terms ointsigmakdx that enter the energy eigenvalue equation. (iii) We derive almost explicit formulae for the WKB terms for the energy eigenvalues of the homogeneous power law potentials V(x)=xN, where N is even. In particular, we obtain effective algorithms to compute and reduce the terms of these series.









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