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Thank you! Dr. Claude, thank you! That worked! I don't know how I kept missing that, but I did. Thanks for taking a look.

Homework Statement For a 3-D, spherically symmetric, isotropic harmonic oscillator, use a trial function e^αr^2 as a variational parameter. The Hamiltonian as given by the book is attached, as are two files showing screenshots of my attempt at the solution in Mathcad. I've tried it two...

That makes perfect sense. Thank you Steely Dan. PS Love your handle. Get along Kid Charlemagne.

Homework Statement An EM wave with intensity=200 W/m^2 is normal to a black .2m x .3m card that absorbs 100% of the wave. (a) Find the force exerted on the card by the radiation. (b) Find the force exerted by the same wave if the card reflects 100% of the light. Homework Equations...

I'm a chemistry major with an emphasis on the biochem side of things. I'm currently finishing up Calc 3 and the basic electricity and magnetism portion of my physics curriculum, and quite frankly, physics is just about the coolest thing ever. I still love chemistry. But physics delves into...