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Many quantum mechanics (QM) references ignore the units of measure of the components of a calculation. For example, the most common element of QM calculations is the one-dimensional (1D) x-representation wave-function, \( \psi (x) \). What are its units? Answer: m−1/2, or per-square-root-meters. Surprised? So were we.
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Michelsen, E. (2014). Riding the Wave: More on Wave Mechanics. In: Quirky Quantum Concepts. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-9305-1_2
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