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Can anyone explain to me why the only time that the expectation of L^2 operator and the expectation value of L_3^2 are equal only when there is no angular dependence? And what does this mean? Does this have something to do with being restricted to the z-axis which is what L_3 is associated...

Can anyone explain to me what Degeneracy is properly. I know its something to do with having different eigenvalues on the same energy level or something like that, but have not been able to find a good explanation in any textbooks or anywhere online. And how does something have infinite...