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BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS eBooks

Simple One Dimensional Problems

Iraj R. Afnan

Published Apr 14, 2011• 0 citations
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This chapter is devoted to the application of the Schrodinger equation to one dimensional models of interesting phenomena. In this way we can get an understanding of quantum effects, and the role of symmetry, without the complexity of the mathematics encountered in three dimensional problems.
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10.2174/978160805250911101010070

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