Trial of a Numerical Method for Solving the Schrödinger Wave Equation in Several Variables

Abstract

A numerical method previously described for the solution of eigenvalueeigenfunction problems in several variables has been applied to the Schrodinger wave equation for the lithium atom. The method employs an expansion of the wavefunction in terms of Slater determinants. Some information is obtained about the convergence behaviour of such expansions, the convergence being too slow in this instance to yield an energy of useful accuracy