RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 A study of periodic potentials based on quadratic splines A1 Gadella Urquiza, Manuel A1 Lara, Luis AB In this paper, we discuss a method based on a segmentary approximation of solutions of the Schrödinger equation by quadratic splines, for which the coefficients are determined by a variational method that does not require the resolution of complicated algebraic equations. The idea is the application of the method to one-dimensional periodic potentials. We include the determination of the eigenvalues up to a given level, and therefore an approximation to the lowest energy bands. We apply the method to concrete examples with interest in physics and discussed the numerical errors. PB World Scientific Publishing SN 0129-1831 YR 2018 FD 2018 LK http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33584 UL http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/33584 LA eng NO International Journal of Modern Physics C, 2018, vol. 29, n. 8, 1850067 NO Producción Científica DS UVaDOC RD 17-jul-2024