For the particle in a box with infinitely high walls and for the harmonic oscillator, there are

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For the particle in a box with infinitely high walls and for the harmonic oscillator, there are no continuum eigenfunctions, whereas for the hydrogen atom we do have continuum functions. Explain this in terms of the nature of the potential-energy function for each problem.
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Quantum Chemistry

ISBN: 978-0321803450

7th edition

Authors: Ira N. Levine

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