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growth condition for the potential

what growth conditions should the potential inside the Hamiltonian $ H=p^{2}+ V(x) $ has in order to get ALWAYS a discrete spectrum ?? for example how can we know for teh cases $ |x|^{a} $ , $ ...
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In quantum mechanics, given certain energy spectrum can one generate the corresponding potential?

A typical problem in quantum mechanics is to calculate the spectrum that corresponds to a given potential. Is there a one to one correspondence between the potential and its spectrum? If the ...