A note about the factorization of the angular part of the Laplacian and its application to the time-independent Schrödinger equation

Abstract

Removing al least one point from the unit sphere in $R^3$ allows to factorize the angular part of the laplacian with a Cauchy-Riemann type operator. Solutions to this operator define a complex algebra of potential functions. A family of these solutions is shown to be normalizable on the sphere so it is possible to construct associate solutions for every radial solution to the time-independant Schrödinger equation with a radial potential, such that this family of solutions is square integrable in $R^3$. While this family of associated solutions are singular on at least one half-plane, they are square-integrable in almost all of $R^3$.

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