A bridge between hyperspherical and integro-differential approaches to the many-body bound states

The solution of the Schrödinger equation can be obtained from the one of a system of coupled differential equations generated from the potential harmonic expansion of the bound-state wave function of a system of identical particles governed by two-body central interactions. It is shown that the system of coupled equations can be transformed into an equivalent integro-differential equation. For three bosons inS states this equation is identical to the Faddeev equation as written by Noyes. The integro-differential equations describing the triton for non-central realisticN-N forces are explicitly given.Laboratoire associé au C.N.R.S.