Choice of the HO Basis functions
ØConsider problems with solutions of interest at vertices of binary hypercube
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ØOrigin at centre of cube, then choose ‘width’ of Gaussian factor in HO basis functions to span the binary cube
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Øħ becomes a parameter which is chosen to facilitate the large-mass limit and to accommodate the size of the hypercube
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An explanation of how we use the fact that solutions of interest to binary problems are on the corners of the hypercube, to select the HO basis set.