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Chapter 10, Problem 10.77E
Consider a one-dimensional particle-in-a-box and a three-dimensional particle-in-a-box that have the same dimensions.
(a) What is the ratio of the energies of a particle having the lowest possible quantum numbers in both boxes?
(b) Does this ratio stay the same if the quantum numbers are not the lowest possible values?
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