Physics 261 Spring06. Written HW #2 solutions. (HW was due 4/21/05).
A. D. Dinsmore
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E is the sum of p2/2m for each of the 3 directions (as stated in the problem).
Each of these is given by (hn/2L)2, where n is an integer greater than zero.
The key is that each of the x, y, and z directions can have different n-values.
If we call them nx, ny and nz, then we find E = h2/(8mL2)(nx2 + ny2 + nz2).
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