Numerical 2D Harmonic Oscillator

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I'm solving the 2D harmonic oscillator, numerically.

<br /> -\frac{1}{2}\left(<br /> u_{xx} + u_{yy}\right) + \frac{1}{2}(x^2+y^2)u = Eu<br />

The solutions my solver spits out for say, the |01> state, are linear combinations of the form

<br /> |u\rangle = \alpha_1 |01\rangle + \alpha_2 |10\rangle<br />

which is obviously a perfectly fine solution which has the correct eigenvalue. But I'd like for my solver to somehow be "smart" enough to generate the typically defined pure gauss-hermite solutions, automatically. Is there any way to force this?

-js
 
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