An approximate block diagonalization for hermitian matrices as an improvement on successive Van Vleck transformations

1 November 1973

journal article
research article
Published by Taylor & Francis in Molecular Physics

Vol. 26 (5) , 1085-1092
https://doi.org/10.1080/00268977300102311

Abstract

A new approximate block diagonalization procedure for hermitian matrices is proposed. This iterative procedure generalizes the perturbation technique of the Van Vleck transformations.

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