This is inspired by Griffiths QM section 2.2, on the infinite square well, which is about how far I've gotten (so, sorry if this is addressed later in the book).
For any given starting wavefunction, you can express it as a sum over the solutions of the time-independent Schrödinger equation. The coefficients in the sum are constant in time, therefore the expectation value of energy is constant in time. The chapter says "this is a manifestation of conservation of energy in quantum mechanics." Ok.
Now in problem 2.5, we have a wavefunction that is an even mixture of the first two stationary states. Part D has us compute the expectation value of momentum, and the solution is sinusoidal in time. So momentum is not conserved.
How can momentum be not conserved? Why is energy conserved but not momentum?
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