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That looks like it works. Do you know where this comes from? I figured it involves the pauli matrices in each of two orthogonal directions acting on the possible wavefunctions, but I wasn't sure how to arrange that into an equation.

So in my quantum class we learned that if you measure spin in one direction and get h/2 and then in another direction that it will be (plus or minus)h/2 as well. I was wondering how you would know the probability of it being the positive value vs the negative value. It's a function of the...

The normalization condition is: ∫|ψ|^{2}d^{3}r=1 In spherical coordinates: d^{3}r=r^{2}sinθdrdθd\phi Separating variables: ∫|ψ|^{2}r^{2}sinθdrdθd\phi=∫|R|^{2}r^{2}dr∫|Y|^{2}sinθdθd\phi=1 The next step is the part I don't understand. It says: ∫^{∞}_{0}|R|^{2}r^{2}dr=1 and...

Homework Statement I need to find the residue of \frac{e^{iz}}{(1+9z^{2})^{2}} so I can use it as part of the residue theorem for a problem. Homework Equations Laurent Series R(z_{0}) = \frac{g(z_{0})}{h^{'}(z_{0})} The Attempt at a Solution I tried using the laurent series but...

Nevermind, you're right, I got it. All the other problems had us manipulate the bessel function as an infinite series and I was just used to doing this. Forgot to try basic rules from calculus...haha thanks

Homework Statement Solve equations 1) and 2) for J_{p+1}(x) and J_{p-1}(x). Add and subtract these two equations to get 3) and 4). Homework Equations 1) \frac{d}{dx}[x^{p}J_{p}(x)] = x^{p}J_{p-1}(x) 2) \frac{d}{dx}[x^{-p}J_{p}(x)] = -x^{-p}J_{p+1}(x) 3) J_{p-1}(x) + J_{p+1}(x) =...