In this video I will finish solving the hydrogen atom by solving the radial equation that we found in part 1.
In the next video we will write some of the wavefunctions
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00:00:00 How to begin
00:01:30 Explaining the first change of variable
00:08:00 Rearranging the equation
00:09:50 Substituting in the potential
00:12:00 cleaning up the notation
00:15:10 Looking for another change of variable
00:17:30 Defining rho_0
00:18:40 Determining the solution when rho is large
00:21:10 Determining the solution when rho is small
00:27:20 Looking for the rest of the solution (v)
00:28:00 Differentiating twice
00:33:50 Substituting back into the differential equation
00:37:50 Solving the resulting equation via power series
00:42:32 Changing the indexes
00:44:41 Deriving the recursion relation
00:49:30 Discovering the quantum number "n"
00:51:14 Determining the allowed energies
00:55:35 Identifying allowed values for "n", l and m
00:59:50 Writing down the actual solution to the radial equation