Sunday, January 19, 2014

H-atom states and linear algebra concepts.

This post shows wave-functions of an electron in a hydrogen atom potential. In particular, it shows ground state and 1st excited state wave-functions.

This video discusses linear algebra concepts related to question 9 from HW1 and relevant to understanding electron excited states in a hydrogen atom. These concepts include: orthogonality, linear independence, spanning, basis and orthonormal basis.

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for the vid

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  2. Hello Professor Zack Schlesinger,

    My wife is about to go into labor (in Los Angeles) and I am going to take a bus down there. Therefor, I am not going to be in class tomorrow. Its a boy! :)

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