Day 366: Plane Waves & Normalization

Learning Objectives

• •**Explain why plane waves cannot be normalized** in the conventional sense
• •**Apply box normalization** and understand the limit L → ∞
• •**Use delta-function normalization** for momentum eigenstates
• •**Prove orthogonality relations** for both normalization conventions
• •**Connect momentum and position eigenstates** through Fourier transforms
• •**Compute normalization integrals** numerically and verify theoretical predictions

Today's Schedule (7 hours)