Physics 201 Daily Exercises

Daily Assignment 2/5 (Due Tuesday 2/10):

Please answer the following QUESTIONS:

  1. What is meant by an eigenvector?
  2. What is meant by an eigenvalue?
  3. if we consider d/dx as our operator (the thing that behaves like the matrix in the eigenvalue equation), what is its eigenvector? (It is now called an eigenfunction)  What about d2/dx2 ?
  4. In words describe the procedure (not using Mathematica!) to determine the eigenvectors and their eigenvalues for a given matrix.

Answer in the form below, a short answer for each is fine. 
This report is due by 8:00 am Tuesday morning.

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