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edited Jun 4, 2020 at 16:03

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

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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Anyone care to enlighten me?

asked Sep 26, 2013 at 14:10

Louis Maddox