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Past exam of the options II course of the University of Oxford 2013 J2 c Solution by
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The Gaussian integral gives . Thus the normalized ground state is, up to an overall phase,Its probability density is even in each shifted coordinate, so all three expectations vanish by oddness. ThereforeThe mean position is the minimum of the displaced potential, rather than the original coordinate origin.
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