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Niles
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Homework Statement
Hi all.
Please take a look at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle_in_a_box
My problem is: I do not know how to interpret the eigenfunction of a particle in an infinite square well. We have that the wave function is a function of sine, and Psi_1 has no nodes, Psi_2 has one node, Psi_3 has two nodes and so on, i.e. they look like standing waves on a string.
What are these nodes an expression for? What do they mean? And does the wave function mean that the particle in the infinite square well oscillates around the energy-levels?