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Method for minimizing the total energy of quantum-mechanical systems

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A procedure is proposed for minimizing the functional for a system of singular spectral problems with dependent parameters, which can be applied in quantum mechanics.

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Translated from Kibernetika, No. 3, pp. 46–52, May–June, 1991.

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Lyashenko, B.N. Method for minimizing the total energy of quantum-mechanical systems. Cybern Syst Anal 27, 367–376 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01068317

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