An Introduction to Thermal Physics · Problem A.11

Systems of Interacting Particles — Daniel Schroeder

Physics — Statistical Mechanics · linear-combinations-wavefunctions

Problem

Consider the functions Ψ1(x)=sin⁡(x)\Psi_1(x) = \sin(x) and Ψ2(x)=sin⁡(2x)\Psi_2(x) = \sin(2x), where xx can range from 0 to π\pi. Write down formulas for three different nontrivial linear combinations of Ψ1\Psi_1 and Ψ2\Psi_2, and sketch each of your three functions. For simplicity, keep your functions real-valued.

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