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I had a question about computing determinants and just was wondering what was allowed. So I know that for an n x n matrix, you can go across a row and choose the matrix element as your determinant coefficient for the (n-1) x (n-1) determinant and you go across the row and do this until you're...

I always thought they were the same, but now I am reading a question that says "which of he following time-independent functions describe stationary states of the corresponding quantum systems?" Is there something I am missing? It's written like there is something to solve, but to me it seems...

Hi, I first had a question regarding infinitesimals. What does it mean when the infinitesimal is at the beginning of the integral? For example: ∫dxf(x) is this the same as ∫f(x)dx ? My second question was how to convert a summation to an integral and a summation into an integral...

Hi friends. I'm doing a homework problem about how degenerate orbitals split in the presence of a magnetic field. I understand everything, but I was just had a question about notation. ΔE, the energy between degenerate orbitals in a magnetic field equals μB = (e*hbar/2m)B I was just...

Oh you're right. They do. But not for the 1s level. So in the case of that problem I didn't have to worry about second derivatives.

Ok, I found a simple definition in terms of a0 for the radial wave function in the textbook. It was in one of the examples, but not explicitly shown in the main text, so it took some extra searching. I used: dP = (4(r^2)*e^(-2r/a0))/a0^3dr and solved for dP/dr. After that I just had to...

University Physics with Modern Physics by Young and Freedman 12th edition

There is no table in the textbook. I think need to find P(r) and find the maximum. There's no simpler way to solve the radial Schrödinger equation?

Hi, I'm doing a homework problem in my modern physics class and I'm stuck at a point. The question is "Show that the radial probability density of the 1s level in hydrogen has its maximum value at r = a0, where a0 is the Bohr radius" I know that the radial Schrödinger equation will...