How do momentum eigenstates have the form e^(2πix) and relate to conservation?

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Zala Jaydevsinh

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Dec 13, 2019

Momentum eigenstates can be written in form of e^(2*pi*x) how??
and also i have question how momentum is conserved as consequences of periodicity of wave function.

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DrClaude

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Dec 13, 2019

Zala Jaydevsinh said:

Momentum eigenstates can be written in form of e^(2*pi*x) how??

No, that is not correct.

https://quantummechanics.ucsd.edu/ph130a/130_notes/node138.html

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