Wavefunctions from energies: applications in simple potentials

DOI10.1063/5.0011115MaRDI QIDQ5136153zbMATHOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Darío M. Mitnik, Santiago A. H. Mitnik

Publication date 25 November 2020

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.08339

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Eigenvalues, singular values, and eigenvectors (15A18) Computational methods for problems pertaining to quantum theory (81-08) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10)

Abstract: A remarkable mathematical property -- somehow hidden and recently rediscovered -- allows obtaining the eigenvectors of a Hermitian matrix directly from their eigenvalues. That opens the possibility to get the wavefunctions from the spectrum, an elusive goal of many fields in physics. Here, the formula is assessed for simple potentials, recovering the theoretical wavefunctions within machine accuracy. A striking feature of this eigenvalue--eigenvector relation is that it does not require knowing any of the entries of the working matrix. However, it requires the knowledge of the eigenvalues of the minor matrices (in which a row and a column have been deleted from the original matrix). We found a pattern in these sub-matrices spectra, allowing to get the eigenvectors analytically. The physical information hidden behind this pattern is analyzed.

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