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| - This computer visualization activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students to visualize the probability density of a particle confined to a ring. | - This computer visualization activity is designed to help upper division undergraduate students to visualize the probability density of a particle confined to a ring. | ||
| - Students use Maple or Mathematica to calculate the probability density from the particle's wavefunction, visualize linear combinations of eigenstates, and animate how the probability density changes with time. | - Students use Maple or Mathematica to calculate the probability density from the particle's wavefunction, visualize linear combinations of eigenstates, and animate how the probability density changes with time. | ||
| - | - The entire class wrap-up discussion focuses on sharing three equivalent representations of the probability density and shows students how to move between each representation, an ability all professional physicists should have. | + | - The entire class wrap-up discussion focuses on sharing three equivalent representations of the probability density and shows students how to move between each representation, helping them move forward in becoming professional physicists. |
