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    The document discusses why integration-by-parts cannot be directly applied to the middle expression in Equation 1.29 from Griffiths Quantum Mechanics 3e. Specifically, the derivative is with respect to time t while the integral is with respect to position x, so the derivative and integral are taken with respect to different variables. The solution rewrites the integrand using the Schrödinger equation and its complex conjugate so that integration-by-parts can be applied with the derivative and integral both with respect to the same variable, x.

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    The document discusses why integration-by-parts cannot be directly applied to the middle expression in Equation 1.29 from Griffiths Quantum Mechanics 3e. Specifically, the derivative is with respect to time t while the integral is with respect to position x, so the derivative and integral are taken with respect to different variables. The solution rewrites the integrand using the Schrödinger equation and its complex conjugate so that integration-by-parts can be applied with the derivative and integral both with respect to the same variable, x.

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    The document discusses why integration-by-parts cannot be directly applied to the middle expression in Equation 1.29 from Griffiths Quantum Mechanics 3e. Specifically, the derivative is with respect to time t while the integral is with respect to position x, so the derivative and integral are taken with respect to different variables. The solution rewrites the integrand using the Schrödinger equation and its complex conjugate so that integration-by-parts can be applied with the derivative and integral both with respect to the same variable, x.

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    Griffiths Quantum Mechanics 3e: Problem 1.

    6 Page 1 of 1

    Problem 1.6
    Why can’t you do integration-by-parts directly on the middle expression in Equation 1.29—pull
    the time derivative over onto x, note that ∂x/∂t = 0, and conclude that dhxi/dt = 0?

    Solution

    Equation 1.29 is at the bottom of page 16.


    ˆ ∞ ˆ ∞
    ∂Ψ∗
     
    dhxi ∂ 2 i~ ∂ ∗ ∂Ψ
    = x |Ψ(x, t)| dx = x Ψ − Ψ dx (1.29)
    dt −∞ ∂t 2m −∞ ∂x ∂x ∂x

    The integral in the middle can’t be done by parts because the derivative and integral are taken
    with respect to different variables, t and x. The point of using the Schrödinger equation (and its
    complex-conjugated equation) to write the integrand as shown on the right side is so that
    integration-by-parts can be applied.

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