Solution

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Insert the position and momentum resolutions of the identity to obtain the unitary Fourier transform
The kinetic term is multiplication by , and the potential has momentum kernel . Thus the Schrödinger equation becomes
For the attractive delta potential, , the kernel is the constant , giving the stated positive right-hand side. For with , constancy of the left side requires . Since , its coefficient equation gives
Finally, transforming gives , verifying the same momentum-space form and energy.

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