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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ib Paper 3 8B b Solution by
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The Born rule gives the probability of as the squared coefficient of the initial state in the energy eigenstate basis. Direct integration givesThe strict energy cutoff corresponds to , so only contribute. Both coefficients equal , and thereforeThe discontinuous initial wavefunction is a legitimate normalized state for this spectral probability calculation, although it is not in the Hamiltonian's differentiability domain; finite mean energy is not required to compute this probability.
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