Normalization of the wave function

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created: 2021-12-11 01:36:31
modified: 2022-01-10 04:13:04

In order to the probabilistic interpretation (see Born's rule) of quantum mechanics to make sense, the wave function needs to be normalized, so the probability of finding it anywhere is going to be one:

This is equivalent to being a unit vector in Hilbert space.