CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS, cilt.24, sa.11, ss.3028-3031, 2007 (SCI-Expanded)
We derive a formula that simplifies the original asymptotic iteration method formulation to find the energy eigenvalues for the analytically solvable cases. We then show that there is a connection between the asymptotic iteration and the Nikiforov-Uvarov methods, which both solve the second order linear ordinary differential equations analytically.