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I am confused about the wave function of a free particle

$$\psi(x,t)=A\exp \{ i(kx-\omega t)\}$$

How does this satisfy the normalization condition? Since this corresponds to a plane wave, what meaning does the probability have?

Qmechanic
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It does NOT satisfy the usual normalization condition. The plane wave has the same probability density everywhere. The normalization of plane waves requires the introduction of $\delta$-functions.

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