ryukolink
09-26-2009, 09:02 PM
K, little upset my P chem prof assigned the first homework set with all even problems so I can't try and help myself with the solutions manual but oh well. thats why I had to come here.
I know how to normalize but I cannot get the integral, maybe I am just being stupid, I think I am weak on the "what appears to be" complicated calculus part.
Normalize the wavefunction Ne^[(-x^2)/(2a^2)],
a is a constant, and x is (-inf. , +inf.)
Sadly, I got this far (not far at all)
N^2 int. e^[(-2x^2)/(2a^2)] = 1
then
N^2 int. e^[(-x^2)/(a^2)] = 1
limits are obviously from neg. to pos. infinite...
any help would be nice.. I looked on an int. table but didnt think what it portrayed was correct because it included something called "crf"
I know how to normalize but I cannot get the integral, maybe I am just being stupid, I think I am weak on the "what appears to be" complicated calculus part.
Normalize the wavefunction Ne^[(-x^2)/(2a^2)],
a is a constant, and x is (-inf. , +inf.)
Sadly, I got this far (not far at all)
N^2 int. e^[(-2x^2)/(2a^2)] = 1
then
N^2 int. e^[(-x^2)/(a^2)] = 1
limits are obviously from neg. to pos. infinite...
any help would be nice.. I looked on an int. table but didnt think what it portrayed was correct because it included something called "crf"