Nondegeneracy of one-dimensional bound states (source code)

= Nondegeneracy of one-dimensional bound states

Two bound-state solutions of the same one-dimensional time-independent <Schrödinger equation> have constant <Wronskian>. Their decay at infinity makes this constant zero, so the two solutions are linearly dependent. Every bound-state energy is therefore <nondegenerate energy eigenvalue>[nondegenerate].