Variational approach to the Thomas–Fermi equation

Ji-huan He

doi:10.1016/s0096-3003(02)00380-6

Variational approach to the Thomas–Fermi equation

Applied Mathematics and Computation 143(2-3): 533-535

Article 2003 English

Abstract

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By the semi-inverse method, a variational principle is obtained for the Thomas–Fermi equation, then the Ritz method is applied to solve an analytical solution, which is a much simpler and more efficient method.

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