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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2002 ib Paper 1 18D b Solution by
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For a negative energy write , . Away from the delta interaction the decaying solutions are for and for , with the same by continuity. The derivative jump is , giving . Thus the bound state in a delta potential hasThe normalization follows from . This is a genuine square-integrable negative-energy state.
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