We can derive the Time-independent Schrodinger equation via Separation of variables as follows:
Since the left only depends on and the right on , both sides must be constant. We call this constant the Energy , and obtain the set of equations
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We can derive the Time-independent Schrodinger equation via Separation of variables as follows:
iℏ∂t∂∣ψt⟩iℏ∂t∂ψ0(x)T(t)iℏψ0(x)T′(t)iℏT(t)T′(t)=H∣ψt)⟩=Hψ0(x)T(t)=T(t)Hψ0(x)=ψ0(x)Hψ0(x)plugging in the ansatz ∣ψt⟩=ψ0(x)T(t)Since the left only depends on t and the right on x, both sides must be constant. We call this constant the Energy E, and obtain the set of equations
{E=iℏT(t)T′(t)E=ψ0(x)Hψ0(x)⇒{T(t)∝e−ℏiEtE∣ψ⟩=H∣ψ⟩time-independent Schrodinger equation