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In many cases stationary perturbation theory cannot be applied successfully as there may not be a closely related problem which is capable of exact solution.
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L. Pauling and E. B. Wilson, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, McGrawHill Book Co., New York (1935).
L.I. Schiff, Quantum Mechanics, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York (1968).
S. Flugge, Practical Quantum Mechanics, Springer Verlag, New York (1974).
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Ghatak, A., Lokanathan, S. (2004). The Variational Method. In: Quantum Mechanics: Theory and Applications. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 137. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-2130-5_21
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