Solution

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The equation is . The generator of time evolution is the sum of kinetic and potential energy operators. For a sharp stationary energy, insert to obtain . The probability in is , normalized to one; hence a normalized one-dimensional wavefunction has dimensions length. Its overall phase is unobservable, but relative phase affects interference.

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