Energy form of a half-well sine state

ID: energy-form-of-a-half-well-sine-state

In the infinite square well on , extend from by zero. It is normalized and continuous, but its derivative jumps at zero. Its energy expectation value is the quadratic form of a positive quantum Hamiltonian , giving the displayed value. It is not in the operator domain of the Dirichlet Hamiltonian operator: its distributional second derivative contains a Dirac delta. Its sine-basis coefficients are , all other even coefficients zero, and . These make finite but divergent, independently distinguishing the form domain from the operator domain.

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