A recently developed scheme for generating a variational set of basis state
s is applied to the determination of the binding energy of a deuteron nucle
us. The method has the advantage of being a single-parameter theory which i
s systematic, and hence, straightforward to generate. Convergence is rapid
and the exact (experimental) binding energy is obtained after just five ite
rations. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.