Find the lowest two "threefold degenerate excited states" of the three-dimensional infinite square well potential for...

Find the lowest two "threefold degenerate excited states" of the three-dimensional infinite square well potential for a cubical "box." Express your answers in terms of the three quantum numbers (n1, n2, n3). Express the energy of the two excited degenerate states that you found as a multiple of the ground state (1,1,1) energy. Would these degeneracies be "broken" if the box was not cubical? Explain your answer with an example!

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