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According to the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics this is a meaningless question because the electron behaves like a wave and does not have a de nite location. Instead, the wavefunction (r t) dictates how likely it is that the particle is at location r at time t. Speci cally, the quantity (r t) 2 is the probability density of nding the particle at location r at time t. This implies that R the probability PV that the particle is located within the volume V is given by PV = V 2 dV .
As an alternative, one can express the unit vector '^ in Cartesian coordinates. 7) 0 Hints, make a gure of this vector in the x y-plane, verify that this vector is perpendicular to the position vector r and that it is of unit length. 5). 44 CHAPTER 5. 8) Hint, you have to use the derivatives @r=@x and @r=@y again. 2). 3 The rst source of vorticity rigid rotation In general, a nonzero curl of a vector eld can have two origins, in this section we will treat the e ect of rigid rotation. Because we will use uid ow as an example we will speak about the vorticity, but keep in mind that the results of this section (and the next) apply to any vector eld.
14). This result can be simpli ed by Taylor expanding the components of v in dr and d and linearizing the resulting expression in the in nitesimal increments dr and d . 15) ; The same treatment can be applied to the other components of the curl. 17) p2 2 r ; ; ; with r = x + y . 8) for vector elds of the form v = v(r)'^ . 14) and treat the three components of the curl separately. 50 CHAPTER 5. 5) we have determined the gravitational eld in N -dimensions using as only ingredient that in free space, where the mass density vanishes, the divergence of the gravitational eld vanishes ( g) = 0.