§33.3(i) Line Graphs of the Coulomb Radial Functions and
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►►►Figure 33.3.3:
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The turning point is at .
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The turning point is at .
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►►►Figure 33.3.6:
, , and with , .
The turning point is at (as in Figure 33.3.5).
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§33.3(ii) Surfaces of the Coulomb Radial Functions and
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►The main functions treated in this chapter are the eigenvalues and the spheroidal wave functions , , , , and , .
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►Flammer (1957) and Abramowitz and Stegun (1964) use for , for , and
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►Use of extended-precision arithmetic increases the radial range that yields accurate results, but eventually other methods must be employed, for example, the asymptotic expansions of §§33.11 and 33.21.
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►Inside the turning points, that is, when , there can be a loss of precision by a factor of approximately .
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►Curtis (1964a, §10) describes the use of series, radial integration, and other methods to generate the tables listed in §33.24.
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►WKBJ approximations (§2.7(iii)) for are presented in Hull and Breit (1959) and Seaton and Peach (1962: in Eq.
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►Hull and Breit (1959) and Barnett (1981b) give WKBJ approximations for and in the region inside the turning point: .