Right click on either Physlet to make a copy. The mouse coordinates may be observed by left-clicking within the graph. The two Physlets show a density plot of the Hydrogenic wavefunction and the solution to the angular, that is, polar, equation. Here it has nothing to do with the probability density in quantum mechanics.
Question Make multiple plots of the wavefunctions.
Change one number at a time. Question Notice the dependence of the number of lobes on l and m l . Obtain a general formula for this dependence. Explain your results in terms of the formula for the wave function for this state. Credits Physlet problems authored by Dan Boye.