Talk:Variational method (quantum mechanics)

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I think there is a "=" sign missing in the second equation in section Ansatz!

This seems written from a Mathematical Physics standpoint, instead of from a Quantum Mechanics angle. Any suggestions for converging this article (for example, application to a sample problem)?Nimur 19:27, 3 May 2006 (UTC)

One thing is that most physics textbooks present the variational method with non-normalized ansatz functions, unlike the normalized fn's presented here. This makes writing an ansatz simpler, but introduces a slight modification of the formulae. I agree about the samnple problems, and there are a variety of such problems in many texts.

Also, it would be nice to talk about the multiparameter variational method (i.e. minimizing wrt more than one paramter). Batamtig 18:22, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge Suggested

There is a very similar article about the theory behind this technique. Either we should merge them or we should integrate them into a more coherent framework. Nimur 10:01, 4 May 2006 (UTC)

I found this article very useful as a sepperate entity. Articles are easy to get lost in when they are this technical and they try and disscuss to much at once. Would be best to just surgest in this article that it may be usefull to refer to the other.137.222.31.145 13:14, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

It may be that you've mistakenly referred to the wrong article, Nimur, but this doesn't seem to be at all related to 'variational pertubation theory' as described on that page. Stevvers 03:33, 5 November 2006 (UTC)

I agree with Steevers that this article is not very related to the article suggested by Nimur about 'variational perturbation theory. This article should be expanded, but not merged with the suggested article.