Solution to 2008 Problem 25


Normalized means that

\begin{align*}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \left|\psi_i\left(x\right)\right|^2 = 1\end{align*}

Orthogonal means that for i \neq j,

\begin{align*}\int_{-\infty}^{\infty} \psi_i\left(x\right)^*\psi_j\left(x\right) = 0\end{align*}

(E) is equivalent to these two statements combined. Therefore, answer (E) is correct.


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