Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2014 ib Paper 1 15A ii Solution Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-06
Choose the prepared wavefunction real and positive on its support. Its normalization isIn the ramp-state expansion in a symmetric infinite well, write . Orthogonality givesFor , a primitive is . Evaluating both endpoints givesAn equivalent parity-separated form isThese formulas with are the requested explicit expansion. The convergence is in the square-integrable norm; at the idealized discontinuity at the right wall, a pointwise boundary value does not change the quantum state or its probability amplitudes.