Convergent Iterative Solutions of Schroedinger Equation for a Generalized Double Well Potential

We present an explicit convergent iterative solution for the lowest energy state of the Schroedinger equation with a generalized double well potential $V=\frac{g^2}{2}(x^2-1)^2(x^2+a)$. The condition for the convergence of the iteration procedure and the dependence of the shape of the groundstate wave function on the parameter $a$ are discussed.Comment: 23 pages, 7 figure

Maximizing Revenues for Online-Dial-a-Ride

In the classic Dial-a-Ride Problem, a server travels in some metric space to serve requests for rides. Each request has a source, destination, and release time. We study a variation of this problem where each request also has a revenue that is earned if the request is satisfied. The goal is to serve requests within a time limit such that the total revenue is maximized. We first prove that the version of this problem where edges in the input graph have varying weights is NP-complete. We also prove that no algorithm can be competitive for this problem. We therefore consider the version where edges in the graph have unit weight and develop a 2-competitive algorithm for this problem