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    Wiskunde voor chemici 3

    Bachelor Scheikunde (joint degree)


    Tentamen
    Date: 19 October 2020
    Time: 8:30-11:15 hours
    Number of pages: 3 (including front page)
    Number of open questions: 16
    For each question the maximum number of points is indicated.Total number of points:
    20

    BEFORE YOU START


    • Check if your version of the exam is complete.
    • Write down your name, student ID number, and if applicable the version
    number on each sheet that you hand in. Also number the pages.
    • Your mobile phone has to be switched off and be put in your coat or bag.
    Your coat and bag should be on the ground.
    • Tools allowed: Scrap paper, Calculator (non-graphical), Self-made formula
    sheet, 1A4 written on two sides. Other tools are not allowed.

    PRACTICAL MATTERS
    • The first 30 minutes and the last 15 minutes you are not allowed to leave the
    room, not even to visit the toilet.
    • 15 minutes before the end, you will be warned that the time to hand in is
    approaching.
    • If applicable, fill out the evaluation form at the end of the exam.
    • You are obliged to identify yourself at the request of the examiner (or his
    representative) with a proof of your registration and a valid ID.
    • During the examination it is not permitted to visit the toilet, unless the invig-
    ilator gives permission to do so.
    • You may take this exam paper with you when you are done.

    Good luck!
    Wiskunde voor Chemici 3
    Exam

    Monday 19 October 2020

    The number of points associated to all subquestions (marked by letters (a), (b), ...)
    is indicated as a superscript inside square brackets.

    1. Consider the following matrices


         
    1 i−2 −1 3 − 2i 2 − 3i 1
    A= , B= , C=
    i + 2 −3 3 + 2i 11 5 2 + 3i

       
      1 −2 1 1 −2 1 − 3 i
    1 −2
    E= F =  −2 3 6  G =  1 + 3i 0 i 
    2 0
    1 6 0 −i −2 1

    a) [0.5] Which one(s) are hermitians?


    b) [0.5] Compute the eigenvalues of matrix B.
    c) [2.5] Compute the eigenvectors of matrix B and normalize them.
    d) [0.5] Write a unitary matrix U such that U † B U = D, where D
    is a diagonal matrix. Write the matrix D.
    e) [0.5]Write the matrix exp(−D).
     
    [1.0] i
    f) Write the vector v = in the basis of the normalized
    1
    eigenvectors of B.

    2. Evaluate the following integrals

    a) [1.5]

    ∞ ∞ ∞ 2 2 2
    e−2(x +y +z )
    Z Z Z
    dx dy dz p
    −∞ −∞ −∞ x2 + y 2 + z 2

    b) [1.5]

    Z ∞ Z ∞ Z ∞ 1
    √
    x2 +y 2 +z 2
    dx dy dz z 6 e− 2
    −∞ −∞ −∞

    1
    c) [1.5]

    Z ∞ Z ∞ Z ∞ 1
    √
    x2 +y 2 +z 2
    dx dy dz x6 e− 2
    −∞ −∞ −∞

    3. Consider the following operator acting on the space of one-dimensional


    square-integrable functions in (−∞, +∞),

    d2
    Ĥ = − + 4 x2 .
    dx2

    a) [0.5] Explain what square-integrable means.


    b) [1.5] Show that Ĥ is an hermitian operator in the space of one-
    dimensional square-integrable functions in (−∞, +∞). To get
    the full score you have to explain why the boundary terms are
    zero.
    2
    c) [2.0]Consider the function ψ(x) = x e−x . Show that ψ(x) is an
    eigenfunction of Ĥ and compute the corresponding eigenvalue.

    4. Consider the function


    p
    f (x, y, z) = 1 − x2 + y 2 + z 2

    a) [1.0] Compute the gradient of f (x, y, z)


    b) [1.0] Compute the laplacian of f (x, y, z).

    5. Consider the 3 following functions in (−∞, +∞).


    x2 x2 x2
    e− 2 , x e− 2 , x2 e− 2

    a) [1.0] show that they are linearly independent.


    hint: Remember that a necessary condition for linear dependence
    is that the Wronskian W is equal to 0 for all values of x. This
    means that if you show that W 6= 0 for just one value of x, this
    is enough to show that they are linearly independent.
    b) [3.0] use the Gram-Schmidt method to construct an orthonormal
    basis φ1 (x), φ2 (x), φ3 (x) from them.

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