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A wavefunction with this shape is the propagator of the diffusion equation. The normalizable solution to the Schrödinger equation for a free particle is typically assumed to be a wavefunction with this shape. Because the Fourier transform (15[1])of a wavefunction with this shape also has this shape, (15[1])those wavefunctions satisfy the lower bound of the uncertainty principle. A wavefunction with this shape is the ground state of the quantum harmonic (*) oscillator. Uniquely, (-5[1])■END■

ANSWER: Gaussian [or bell curve; accept normal distribution until read; accept Gaussian wavepacket]
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Rachel BenthamCambridge BImperial B3615
Paphon SusikakosolImperial AWarwick A4615
Cormac StephensonSouthamptonCambridge A71-5
Agnijo BanerjeeCambridge ASouthampton11410
Albert NyangLSE AWarwick C12810
Adsayan GaneshWarwick BLSE B12810
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