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Mathematical Supplement

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We begin our discussion with the eigenvalue equation

$$\hat L\psi \left( {x,L} \right) = L\psi \left( {x,L} \right)\quad ,$$
(5.1)

which is supposed to have a continuous spectrum with the eigenvalues L and the eigenfunctions ψ (x, L).

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  1. A stringent mathematical foundation of the δ-function was given by Laurent Schwartz. We draw special attention to the elegant paper by C. Schmieden, D. Laugwitz: Mathematische Zeitschrift 69, 1–39 (1958).

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Greiner, W. (1989). Mathematical Supplement. In: Quantum Mechanics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00707-5_5

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