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A very simple equation for the ground state (5 pts)

  Prove that if , then is a pure state of energy and give the associated value of the energy.

Hint: You should be able to do this problem using the results given to you in (2.2) and/or (2.3) without much additional algebra.



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Fri Apr 19 09:33:33 EDT 1996