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Homework Statement
Wavefunction is of form:
ψ(x) = eikx
Find momentum and energy of this state.
Homework Equations
Fourier transform of ψ(x) to get to momentum space
or is it
<p> = integral from -infinity to infinity of ψ* (h/i) * derivative wrt x of ψ dx
The Attempt at a Solution
I initially tried the second approach, but it didn't work, I got an infinite answer. Someone said to instead convert the function to momentum space, I used the Fourier transform but when I do that, my integral in the Fourier transform is -infinity to infinity of an oscillating function that doesn't decrease and is undefined.
I have no idea now how to proceed. I've worked on this question for hours, I searched the textbook, google, etc. and could not find anything useful.