Harmonic oscillator in one-dimension

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Wxe consider the harmonic oscillator in one-dimension
H = (-h/2m)(d²/dx²) + (1/2mω²x²)

1. Write down the lowest energy (ground state) wavefunction
2. Verify that the wavefunction is normalized.
3. Compute the expectation value of x, p, x², p²
4. Compute the expectation value of the Hamiltonian.

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