Homework CM-16-09

HOMEWORK 9.

1. Solve problem 4.9. of Fetter and Walecka.

2. Solve problem 4.12. of Fetter and Walecka

3. Show that if (x, t) and (x, t) are taken as two independent field variables, the Lagrangian density
  2
, ) = i ~ + ~ + V
L(, ,
2 2m
gives the Schr
odinger equation
~2 2
i~ = +V
t 2m
and its complex conjugate. What are the canonical momenta? Obtain the Hamiltonian density.

4. A uniform string under tension , constant, with fixed endpoints is plucked in the middle, giving rise to
an initial displacement which we approximate as a triangle, with (h  l)

2hx
u(x, 0) = 0 x l/2
l
2h(l x)
u(x, 0) = l/2 x l
l
Construct the Bernoulli solution to the wave equation.

5. Read the attached sections of Ch. 7 of Fetter and Walecka,