Breakdown of perturbation expansion

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Homework Statement

consider a perturbation to the simple harmonic oscillator problem Lambda* (x)^4
question a) show tht the first order correction to n-th eigenstate is proportional to (1+2n+2n^2)
b) argue that no matter how small lambda is ,the perturbation expansion will break down for some large enough "n."
what is the physical reason?


Homework Equations

relations are scrodinger equation and raising and lowering operators.



The Attempt at a Solution

a)i have worked out.
but i do not know how to proceed for part b.
any help will be highly appreciated. many thanks in advance.:P
 
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You might want to compute the ratio of the correction to the unperturbed energy.
 
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