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Offline mattb91

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spin wavefunctions
« on: November 09, 2010, 11:37:11 AM »
With regards to the triplet and singlet spin functions, what exactly does normalisation and orthogonality mean? I know what they refer to for other wavefunctions, but i've been asked to show that these spin functions are orthogonal and normalised and haven't a clue where to begin.

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Re: spin wavefunctions
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2010, 04:52:16 AM »
And why do you think that the mathematical concepts of normalization and orthogonality of functions may change with the type of function involved?
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