Density Plot of Radial * Polar Wave Functions
The word "density" in the title refers to a method for
plotting 3-D information on a two dimensional screen. Here it has nothing
to do with the probability density in quantum mechanics. The two colors in
the plots indicate the overall sign of the wave function: yellow (+) and
blue(-).
Section 4 Exercises:
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Independent of n, does the number of angular lobes
equal the number you found in Exercise 2 of the Polar part (Section 3)?
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Independent of theta, do the zero
points for the amplitude in the radial direction match those of Exercise 2 of the Radial
part (Section 1)?
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