Chemistry 3730 assignment 10

Due: Monday, Nov. 17, 10:00 a.m.

Suppose that a particle in a one-dimensional universe is subjected to the potential

Using the trial wavefunction

find

1. the best value of b,
2. the corresponding variational energy, and
3. a normalization factor for the wavefunction.

Maple hints: The absolute value operation is denoted abs() in Maple. Maple will need to know that A, b, and m are positive to properly simplify some expressions and simplification of some quantities may need to be forced by using simplify(). If you want to set the value of b after finding it, use assign().