PHYSICS 410 FALL 2010

Homework # 2 Sept 10, 2010

Due Friday, Sept 17, 2010

Griffiths (2nd edition) Problems 1.9, 1.11

+ Additional problem:

Johnson 2.1: Let y(x) = Ax(1-x) for 0 £ x £ 1, and = 0 elsewhere, Find A so that the wavefunction is normalized. Compute <x>, <x²>, <p>, <p²> and the corresponding uncertainties. Does this wavefunction satisfy the uncertainty principle?