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Homework Statement
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
(a) Well, I just isolate A, so
$$A = \Psi (x,t) e^{a[(mx^{2}/ \hbar) + it]}$$
I am not sure if this is what is meant, seems too obvious.
(b) So I know the Schrödinger equation can be written
$$ i \hbar \frac {\partial \Psi}{ \partial t} = \Big [ - \frac {\hbar}{2m} \frac {\partial^{2}}{\partial x^{2}} + V \Big ] \Psi $$
So I take the given wave function,
$$\Psi = Ae^{-a[\frac {mx^{2}}{\hbar} + it]}$$
And find the derivatives with respect to x and t,
$$ \frac {\partial \Psi}{\partial t} = -A[a(\frac {mx^{2}}{\hbar}) + i]e^{-a[\frac {mx^{2}}{\hbar} + it]} $$
$$ \frac {\partial \Psi}{\partial x} = -A[a(\frac {2mx}{\hbar}) + it]e^{-a[\frac {mx^{2}}{\hbar} + it]} $$
$$ \frac {\partial^{2} \Psi}{\partial x^{2}} = A[a^{2}(\frac {4m^{2}x^{2}}{\hbar^{2}}) + i^{2}t^{2}]e^{-a[\frac {mx^{2}}{\hbar} + it]} $$
And I substitute back into the SE,
$$ i \hbar(-A[a(\frac {mx^{2}}{\hbar}) + i]e^{-a[\frac {mx^{2}}{\hbar} + it]}) = - \frac {\hbar^{2}}{2m} \Big( A[a^{2}(\frac {4m^{2}x^{2}}{\hbar^{2}}) + i^{2}t^{2}]e^{-a[\frac {mx^{2}}{\hbar} + it]} \Big ) + V( Ae^{-a[\frac {mx^{2}}{\hbar} + it]}) $$
From here I can isolate V
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