We applied the recurrent variational approach to the two-leg Hubbard ladder
. At half filling, our variational ansatz was a generalization of the reson
ating valence-bond state. At finite doping, hole pairs were allowed to move
in the resonating valence-bond background. The results obtained by the rec
urrent variational approach were compared with results from density matrix
renormalization group. [S0163-1829(99)00332-X].