Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-quantum-theory-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2015/1/b/ii/solution

For an even function, the interior sine term must vanish, because sine is odd and cosine is even. Comparing reflected exterior tails at any gives . Hence the parity condition alone is
It does not yet impose the matching condition on . Continuity at , when imposed in the next part, additionally gives .

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