Variational solutions of the Thomas-Fermi equation
- 1 January 1981
- journal article
- Published by American Mathematical Society (AMS) in Quarterly of Applied Mathematics
- Vol. 39 (1), 127-129
- https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/613956
Abstract
Variational solutions of the Thomas-Fermi equation are examined in the context of complementary extremum principles. A new one-parameter trial function is found to provide an accurate representation of the solution.Keywords
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