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Yes, because you can always add or subtract an arbitrary constant from the potential as long as you do it everywhere. The potential energy of an object in the Earth's gravity Is ##U=mgh## - but do I measure the height from sea level or from where I'm standing, or somewhere else?Jozefina Gramatikova said:
Classical mechanics is a branch of physics that studies the motion of macroscopic objects based on Newton's laws of motion.
In classical mechanics, a square well is a potential energy function that has a constant value inside a certain range and is infinite outside of that range. It is often used to model the behavior of a particle confined to a certain region.
A bounded particle in classical mechanics is a particle that is confined to a certain region due to the presence of a potential energy well. This means that the particle's energy is limited and it cannot escape from the well without an external force.
In classical mechanics, a square well with a bounded particle is modeled using the Schrödinger equation, which describes the behavior of quantum particles. The solution to this equation gives the allowed energy levels and corresponding wave functions for the particle in the well.
A square well with a bounded particle has many applications in physics, including modeling the behavior of atoms, molecules, and other quantum systems. It also has applications in solid state physics, where it is used to study the electronic properties of materials.
