The normalized spherical harmonics separate the angular variables. The Radial Schrodinger equation for the hydrogen atom is
Write . Then
Substitution separates a constant term and a term. The latter vanishes precisely when . With this determines the Bohr radius
The constant term determines
These are the maximal-angular-momentum hydrogen states, with principal quantum number .
Because the angular integral is one, normalization requires
Therefore
The phase of remains arbitrary.

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