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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ib Paper 3 6D c Solution by
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Suppose and are two bound-state solutions with the same energy. Their Wronskiansatisfies because the Schrodinger equation contains no first-derivative term. Hence is constant. Both wavefunctions and their derivatives decay at infinity, so there and therefore . The two solutions are linearly dependent. Thus every one-dimensional bound-state energy is nondegenerate.
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