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Wavefunction normalization requires unit total probability:
1=∫0a​∣Ψn​(x)∣2dx=∣Cn​∣2∫0a​21−cos(2nπx/a)​dx=∣Cn​∣22a​.
(1)
Choosing an irrelevant overall phase to be zero gives
Ψn​(x)=a2​​sinanπx​.​
(2)
The amplitude has units of inverse square root length, so ∣Ψn​∣2dx is dimensionless.

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