The Investigation and Study of Hydrogen Atom in Spherical Cavity Using B-Spline Basis Functions: A Mathematical Approach

Alireza Heidari, Foad Khademi Jahromi, Roozbeh Amiri, Mohammadali Ghorbani

Institute for Advanced Studies, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: 10.4236/jmp.2012.34045                

Abstract

The following article has been retracted due to the investigation of complaints received against it. The Editorial Board found that substantial portions of the text came from other published papers. The scientific community takes a very strong view on this matter, and the Health treats all unethical behavior such as plagiarism seriously. This paper published in Vol.3 No. 4, 334-339, 2012, has been removed from this site.

Keywords

Hydrogen Atom; Spherical Cavity; B-Spline Basis Functions; Quantum Systems; Nanoscience; Variational Method; Wave Functions; B-Splines’ Properties

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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