Upper-division student difficulties with the Dirac delta function
The Dirac delta function is a standard mathematical tool that appears repeatedly in the undergraduate physics curriculum in multiple topical areas including electrostatics, and quantum mechanics. While Dirac delta functions are often introduced in order to simplify a problem mathematically, students...
Main Authors: | Bethany R. Wilcox, Steven J. Pollock |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2015-03-01
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Series: | Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevSTPER.11.010108 |
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