A particle in an infinite square well

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Homework Statement
The homework is in a photo, a long with some to most of my work.
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There are a lot of equations....
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What I am lost about is b, rather the rest of B. I am not sure what it means by probability density and a stationary state.
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By probability density, it most likely means the probability density function. When a quantum state is stationary (and remember that it's the hamiltonian's eigenvector), that just means it does not grow throughout the course of time. That's how i'd put it.
 
You have written down ##\psi(x,t)##. The problem is asking you to find "the probability density ##|\psi(x,t)|^2.## How do you interpret that?
Your textbook must have a definition for stationary state. If you cannot find it, look it up on the web.
 
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