The Free Nonrelativistic Quantum Particle

Many introductions to quantum mechanics study a model of a single nonrelativistic quantum particle with zero spin. This article re-introduces that model in a way that emphasizes the general principles introduced in articles 03431 and 21916.

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2023-11-12 (replaced Hamiltonian with hamiltonian)
2022-06-11 (updated references to other articles in this series to link to html abstract pages instead of to pdfs. Didn't change the version number/date)
2022-05-23 (added two sentences about the Schrödinger picture, removed one unimportant footnote to make room for two new sentences about other observables)
2022-05-09 (minor cleanup, added some clarifications, replaced one example)
2022-05-08 (first version)

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The Free Nonrelativistic Quantum Particle

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