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Homework Statement Consider the nonstationary state: \Psi = \sqrt{\frac{1}{3}}\Psi_{22-1} + \sqrt{\frac{2}{3}}\Psi_{110} Where \Psi_{22-1} and \Psi_{110} are normalized, orthogonal and stationary states of some radial potential. Is \Psi properly normalized? Calculate the expectation value of...

Thank you so much! I understand the general idea much better now.

Oh okay, so the values of a_1, a_2, and a_3 are given, and I just need to compute <A> as the sum of three separate integrals?

So the \phi_{n} functions being normalized means that when I integrate \Psi, they will each become 1, correct? I'm still confused as to what happens with the operator. Based on the given information...

Homework Statement Consider an observable A associated to an operator A with eigenvalues an. Using the formula <A> = ∫ψ*Aψ compute the expectation value of A for the following wave function: \Psi=\frac{1}{\sqrt{3}}\phi_{1}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{6}}\phi_{2}+\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\phi_{3} where...