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Quantum mechanical methods

Important:  the "quantum waves" are in principle always complex-valued
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Scattering - free particles - Helmholtz equation in wave physics
Boundary conditions - eigenmodes; similar in quantum physics
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DIRAC NOTATION

Spherical symmetry      V(r), not V( r )       ----    |  r  |  = r
ANGULAR MOMENTUM - Separation of variables
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