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......@@ -334,6 +334,22 @@ To summarize, this process has broken one partial differential equation into two
ordinary differential equations of different variables. In order to do this, we
needed to introduce a separation constant, which remains to be determined.
### Boundary and eigenvalue problems ###
Continuing on with the Schr\"{o}dinger equation example from the previous
section, let us focus on
$$-\frac{\hbar^2}{2m} \phi''(x) = \lambda \phi(x),$$
$$\phi(0)=\phi(L)=0.$$
This has the form of an eigenvalue equation, in which $\lambda$ is the
eigenvalue, $- \frac{\hbar^2}{2m} \frac{d^2}{dx^2}[\cdot]$ is the linear
operator and $\phi(x)$ is the eigenfunction.
Notice that when stating the ordinary differential equation, it is specified
along with it's boundary conditions. Note that in contrast to an initial value
problem, a boundary value problem does not always have a solution.
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