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Old 24-03-2011, 08:13 AM
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Thanks for that Steven;
Ok .. so that's what I relate to as being similar/the same as normalisation in statistics. So in this case, it is just normalisation using a Planck Unit as the basis. (?)

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Craig,

The Planck units do form a basis but the reasons for normalization are different when compared to say statistics.

In Quantum Mechanics a normalised wavefunction has a physical significance as the probabilty of finding a particle confined in space equals 1. Hence the normalisation process for a wavefunction involves integrating the wavefunction over the entire space and setting the result to equal one. This allows any integration constants to be determined.

The primary objective of using Planck units and normalising them is to make the mathematics easier to handle.

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Steven
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