Which of the following statements on the square of atomic wave function at a point near to the nucleus is…

Which of the following statements on the square of atomic wave function at a point near to the nucleus is not correct?
  1. \(\Psi^{2}\) may be positive, negative or imaginary
  2. \(\Psi^{2}\) is proportional to electron density
  3. \(\Psi^{2}\) is directly proportional to the probability of finding the electron
  4. \(\Psi^{2}\) is equal to the probability of finding the electron if \(\Psi\) is a normalized wave function

Solution

\(\Psi^{2}\) cannot be imaginary. \(\Psi^{2}\) is positive for a real wave function and \(\Psi^{*} \Psi\) (where \(\Psi^{*}\) is the complex conjugate of \(\Psi\)) is positive. *

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