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QC1 2016 Problem Set5

This document contains questions about quantum mechanics concepts including: 1) Identifying linear and nonlinear operations in expressions. 2) Determining eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the differential operator d/dx for given functions. 3) Indicating which functions are acceptable wavefunctions over a given interval. 4) Checking which matrix is Hermitian. 5) Calculating eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and expectation values for given operators and a wavefunction.

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QC1 2016 Problem Set5

This document contains questions about quantum mechanics concepts including: 1) Identifying linear and nonlinear operations in expressions. 2) Determining eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the differential operator d/dx for given functions. 3) Indicating which functions are acceptable wavefunctions over a given interval. 4) Checking which matrix is Hermitian. 5) Calculating eigenvalues, eigenvectors, and expectation values for given operators and a wavefunction.

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Quantum Mechanics-1 CH2102

8.9.2016

1. Find out the linear and nonlinear operation from the followings:
d3
2
f ( x) + g ( x) + h( x) ) (b) ( x + y + z ) (c) sqrt (a 2 + b 2 )
3 (
dx

(a)
(d)

(x

+ x 4 )dx

2. Which of the following functions are eigenfunctions of

d
,
dx

Point out their eigenvalues.


(a) exp(2 x) (b) cos(4 x) + i sin(4 x) (c) sin(bx) (d) exp(4 x 2 )

3. Indicate which of the functions are acceptable wavefunctions over the interval
(0 to ).
(a) x 2 (b) cos(x) (c) exp( x 2 ) (d) exp( x)
4. Check which one is hermitian matrix.
1 i
1 6
A=
, B =

i 1
i 1
(b) Compute the product AAt and At A .
(a)

(c )
(i) Calculate the eigenvalues () and normalized eigenvectors ( )
0 i
0 1
of the matrices 1 =
and 2 =

i 0
1 0
(ii) Show that the eigenvalues are real.
(iii)Show two eigenvectors are orthonormal to each other.
5. Evaluate the average or expectation value of < x > , < x 2 > and < px > for a
particle moving along x direction represented by the wavefunction
2
( x) = e x / 2 within ( to ) .

Use:

z e

n z

dz = n !

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