1. Determine whether the ground state function for the hydrogen atom is an eigenfunction of each of the following three operators. You should show this mathematically. a) kinetic energy operator for H atom b) potential energy operator for H atom c) Hamiltonian operator for H atom

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1. Determine whether the ground state function for the hydrogen atom is an
eigenfunction of each of the following three operators. You should show this
mathematically.
a) kinetic energy operator for H atom
b) potential energy operator for H atom
c) Hamiltonian operator for H atom
Transcribed Image Text:1. Determine whether the ground state function for the hydrogen atom is an eigenfunction of each of the following three operators. You should show this mathematically. a) kinetic energy operator for H atom b) potential energy operator for H atom c) Hamiltonian operator for H atom
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