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Extracting information from the wavefunction

Peter Atkins, Julio de Paula, Ronald Friedman

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Contents Postulate III: quantum mechanical operators 47 Brief illustration 6.1: The kinetic energy operator in two dimensions 49 Postulate IV: eigenvalues and eigenfunctions 50 Example 6.1: Identifying an eigenfunction 50 Brief illustration 6.2: The wavefunction as an eigenfunction 51 Checklist of concepts 52...

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Contents Postulate III: quantum mechanical operators 47 Brief illustration 6.1: The kinetic energy operator in two dimensions 49 Postulate IV: eigenvalues and eigenfunctions 50 Example 6.1: Identifying an eigenfunction 50 Brief illustration 6.2: The wavefunction as an eigenfunction 51 Checklist of concepts 52...

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Contents Postulate III: quantum mechanical operators 47 Brief illustration 6.1: The kinetic energy operator in two dimensions 49 Postulate IV: eigenvalues and eigenfunctions 50 Example 6.1: Identifying an eigenfunction 50 Brief illustration 6.2: The wavefunction as an eigenfunction 51 Checklist of concepts 52...

Key concepts: Eigenfunction, Wave function, Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, Operator (biology), Mathematical physics, Physics, Quantum mechanics, Mathematics

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