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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2026 ib Paper 2 15B Solution by
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With the proton fixed, : kinetic energy plus Coulomb attraction, assuming nonrelativistic point particles and neglecting spin, radiation, and proton motion (or replacing by the reduced mass). Substitution of the form gives and . Direct differentiation verifies it. The curve starts positive, crosses at , then approaches zero from below; ordinary hydrogen has the same shape but the smaller electron mass gives a larger radial scale.
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