Spectrum of the <i>q</I>-schrodinger Equation by Means of the Variational Method Based on the Discrete <i>q</I>-hermite I Polynomials

Abstract

In this work, the q-Schrodinger equations with symmetric polynomial potentials are considered. The spectrum of the model is obtained for several values of q, and the limiting case as q -> 1 is considered. The Rayleigh-Ritz variational method is adopted to the system. The discrete q-Hermite I polynomials are handled as basis in this method. Furthermore, the following potentials with numerous results are presented as applications: q-harmonic, purely q-quartic and q-quartic oscillators. It is also shown that the obtained results confirm the ones that exist in the literature for the continuous case.