Nonsensitive nonlinear homotopy approach
arXiv:0812.3480 · doi:10.1088/0256-307X/26/11/110201
Abstract
Generally, natural scientific problems are so complicated that one has to establish some effective perturbation or nonperturbation theories with respect to some associated ideal models. In this Letter, a new theory that combines perturbation and nonperturbation is constructed. An artificial nonlinear homotopy parameter plays the role of a perturbation parameter, while other artificial nonlinear parameters, of which the original problems are independent, introduced in the nonlinear homotopy models are nonperturbatively determined by means of a principle minimal sensitivity. The method is demonstrated through several quantum anharmonic oscillators and a non-hermitian parity-time symmetric Hamiltonian system. In fact, the framework of the theory is rather general that can be applied to a broad range of natural phenomena. Possible applications to condensed matter physics, matter wave systems, and nonlinear optics are briefly discussed.
4 pages with 3 figures