Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2017 ib Paper 2 17B b i Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-05
Set . With the stated unit mass and oscillator frequency, complete the square:Translation by preserves the spectrum of the quantum harmonic oscillator, and the last term is a constant energy shift. The displaced quantum harmonic oscillator therefore hasIts normalized eigenfunctions are the original oscillator eigenfunctions evaluated at , in particular the ground state is . The energy gaps remain .