consider Three-Dimensional harmonic oscillator with the same frequencies along all three directions. a) determine the wave...

consider Three-Dimensional harmonic oscillator with the same frequencies along all three directions. a) determine the wave function and the energy of the ground state. b) how many quantum numbers are needed to describe the state of oscillation? c) the degeneracy of the first excited state. express the wave function involved in the schrodinger equation as a product given by x, y, z and separate the variables.

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