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7. Status Frame

The status frame displays the progress of the calculation. Generating the Hamiltonian is generally the fastest. Due to the use of delta functions as a basis set, there are only sums, no integrals to be evaluated. Once the hamiltonian is generated and the matrix set up, the matrix is diagonalized in two steps - first tridiagonalized, and then the program solves for the eigenvalues and eigenvectors using the tridiagonal matrix. This last step is the most time consuming.

Created May 18, 2016, Updated August 25, 2016