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I've just cracked open a biophysics textbook and it's all fine up until the introduction of the letter C in a wavefunction equation, and declaring C1= ±C2

I've had lectures on eigenfunctions etc. before and no recollection of what C is, and it's not introduced earlier in the book (Biophysics, Pattabhi and Guatham, 2002).

A scan of the section in question (1.4) is below:

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I've just cracked open a biophysics textbook and it's all fine up until the introduction of the letter C in a wavefunction equation, and declaring C1= ±C2

I've had lectures on eigenfunctions etc. before and no recollection of what C is, and it's not introduced earlier in the book (Biophysics, Pattabhi and Guatham, 2002).

A scan of the section in question (1.4) is below:

![enter image description here][1]

Anyone care to enlighten me? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/1I0at.png

I've just cracked open a biophysics textbook and it's all fine up until the introduction of the letter C in a wavefunction equation, and declaring C1= ±C2

I've had lectures on eigenfunctions etc. before and no recollection of what C is, and it's not introduced earlier in the book (Biophysics, Pattabhi and Guatham, 2002).

A scan of the section in question (1.4) is below:

enter image description here

Anyone care to enlighten me?

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Meaning of C$C$ in wavefunction equation (ΨMO$\Psi_{MO} = C1ϕAC_1\phi_A(1s) + C2ϕBC_2\phi_B(1s)$, where C1=±C2$C_1=\pm C_2$)

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Meaning of C in wavefunction equation (ΨMO = C1ϕA(1s) + C2ϕB(1s), where C1=±C2)

I've just cracked open a biophysics textbook and it's all fine up until the introduction of the letter C in a wavefunction equation, and declaring C1= ±C2

I've had lectures on eigenfunctions etc. before and no recollection of what C is, and it's not introduced earlier in the book (Biophysics, Pattabhi and Guatham, 2002).

A scan of the section in question (1.4) is below:

![enter image description here][1]

Anyone care to enlighten me? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/1I0at.png