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Mathematics of continuation into the complex plane

Determine the transcendental equation for the pure states of energy in the well in Figure 1 in both cases, where a) and b) . Then, show that both equations are actually the same if we take , and explain why this is the case. The fact that you can do this is sometimes referred to as ``continuing the solution into the complex plane.''

Hint: You may wish to use the definitions:

  
Figure 1: Infinite square well with a bump on one side



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Sat Apr 20 19:52:25 EDT 1996