The first coherent treatment of the subject in nearly two decades-an important
working resource for researchers and a superior graduate-level text Variational
Principles and the Numerical Solution of Scattering Problems is designed to
serve as both a professional guide and a self-contained graduate-level text.
Writing at a level accessible to students with a knowledge of basic quantum
mechanics, Dr. Sadhan K. Adhikari treats most major numerical methods for
solving scattering problems. While the emphasis is on variational methods, Dr.
Adhikari also discusses important nonvariational methods and their applications
to realistic problems in molecular, atomic, and nuclear physics. The first part
of the book presents the major variational principles