Numerically solving the Schrodinger equation via finite difference [closed]

This is not strictly a question about physics but about the numerical solution to a physics problem. I am solving the Schrodinger equation via finite difference, via the substitution

I solved this using Mathematica for the case that $V(x) = 0$ and get the correct eigenvalues. I find the eigenvectors and plot them via

d2dx[n_] :=
SparseArray[{Band[{1, 1}] -> -2, Band[{1, 2}] -> 1,
Band[{2, 1}] -> 1}, {n, n}]/(1/n^2);
evecs[n_, m_] := Last@Eigenvectors[N[-d2dx[n]], m]
ListPlot[evecs[100, 1], Joined -> True]
ListPlot[evecs[100, 2], Joined -> True]
ListPlot[evecs[100, 3], Joined -> True]

But the results look like this:

The profiles are correct but of course it shouldn't be oscillating in this way. Why am I seeing these oscillations and how do I get the correct eigenvectors?

closed as off-topic by David Z♦May 23 '18 at 6:49

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• As far as I understand, the equation itself does not fix the eigenfunction sign, so the numerical procedure may yield both signs on the same plot. If you connect only positive-valued points in the first plot, you will get a $sin(\pi x/100)$, I guess. – Vladimir Kalitvianski May 19 '18 at 17:52
• Each plot shows the last eigenvector . Have you tried plotting the first eigenvectors? I recall when I was doing this the eigenvectors started as smooth solutions and as $m$ increased they started looking like your plots. – user3502079 May 19 '18 at 18:57
• I'd refer you to this Mathematics SE Q&A on the subject of Toeplitz matrices. I'm pretty sure you'd get better answers on Mathematics SE to a question like this. – StephenG May 19 '18 at 22:57
• Or perhaps Mathematica for analysis of the code you've written. – Kyle Kanos May 20 '18 at 11:28
• Cross-site duplicate: on SE.Mathematica. – Nat May 23 '18 at 0:09