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4.2: B₂= 0

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In the first case we read off that A1=B3, and we find that k and κ are related by

ka=κatanκa.

This equation can be solved graphically. Use

k=κ2+κ20

with κ_0^2= \dfrac{2 m}{ℏ^2} V_0, and find that there is always at least one solution of this kind, no matter how small V_0!

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Figure \PageIndex{1}: The graphical solution for the even states of the square well.

In the middle region all these solutions behave like sines, and you will be asked to show that the solutions are invariant when x goes to − x. (We say that these functions are even.)


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