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APPENDIX A. NOTATION 129<br />

¯xi<br />

Spatial coordinate of ith electron<br />

∆x Increment in space used in numerical approximation of PDE<br />

y Spatial variable<br />

y j jth time iterate for an M-dimensional ODE<br />

y(0) Initial condition for y(t) ∈ R M<br />

z Spatial variable<br />

zm<br />

mth Newton iterate<br />

z ∗ Root of nonlinear equation F : R M → R M<br />

Z(f) Part of fixed point map<br />

Z ′ Frechet derivative of Z(f)<br />

α Parameter in R<br />

Greek<br />

α m Coefficient in implicit Adams integration<br />

¯α Constant used in fixed point theory<br />

β Small positive number<br />

β m Coefficient in BDF method<br />

¯β Constant used in fixed point theory<br />

δ Small positive number<br />

¯δ Constant used in fixed point theory<br />

∆c(x) Potential barriers with RTD<br />

ɛ Dielectric permittivity of RTD

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