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The quantization of energy in the harmonic-oscillator potential: Power series solution

Physics Education 2007-05-23 v2 Computational Physics

Abstract

We write a computer program that uses the recursion relation to calculate wave function in the harmonic-oscillator potential for specified values of E/hv (with its deviation 0.001) containing only even numbers of v (0,2,4,...). In this work, differential equations are solved by power series methods, i.e. the Schrodinger equation stationary state wavefunction of the harmonic-oscillator. This technique is applied to obtain the wavefunction of the quantum harmonic oscillator and is at a more sophisticated level than elsewhere in the course of quantum physics. For the able student this can be a worthwhile extension to the work on the harmonic-oscillator.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0511240,
  title  = {The quantization of energy in the harmonic-oscillator potential: Power series solution},
  author = {Omer Sise},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0511240},
  year   = {2007}
}

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7 pages, 4 figures