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    The document summarizes a few theorems related to the time-independent Schrodinger equation. It states that the equation can be separated into differential equations in space and time coordinates, with the separation constant being real for the wave function to be normalizable. It also notes that the time-independent wave function can always be taken as real, and that for an even potential the wave function can be expressed as a linear combination of even and odd functions.

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    The document summarizes a few theorems related to the time-independent Schrodinger equation. It states that the equation can be separated into differential equations in space and time coordinates, with the separation constant being real for the wave function to be normalizable. It also notes that the time-independent wave function can always be taken as real, and that for an even potential the wave function can be expressed as a linear combination of even and odd functions.

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    Requiredmath:calculus
    Requiredphysics:Schrdingerequation
    Reference:Griffiths,DavidJ.(2005),IntroductiontoQuantumMechanics,2nd
    EditionPearsonEducationProblem2.1.
    WeveseenthatthetimeindependentSchrdingerequationcan,inthecasewherethe
    potential

    isindependentoftime,beseparatedintotwoordinarydifferential

    equations,oneinthespacecoordinate andtheotherinthetime .Thetwoequations


    are

    where istheseparationconstant.
    Thesecondonecanbesolvedtoget

    Ifthewavefunctionisnormalizable,thentheseparationconstant mustbereal.
    Proof:Suppose

    .Then

    http://www.physicspages.com/2012/07/09/schrodingerequationafewtheorems/

    .To
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    normalize,wemusthave
    alltimes,wemusthave

    ,so

    .Sincethismustbetruefor

    Thetimeindependentwavefunctioncanalwaysbetakentobereal.Thisfollowsfrom
    thefactthattheSchrodingerequationislinear,soifthewavefunctioniscomplex,its
    realandimaginarypartswillsatisfytheequationseparately.
    Ifthepotential

    (iseven),then

    canbetakenasevenorodd.Follows

    byconsideringtheSchrdingerequationwith replacedby

    Thus

    satisfiesthesameequationas

    twolinearcombinations

    foranevenpotential.Therefore,the
    and

    alsosatisfythe

    equation.Thegeneralsolutioncanthenbebuiltfromalinearcombinationofevenand
    oddfunctions.
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