Prove that the degeneracy of the n^th energy level in the Hydrogen atom is n^2 (disregarding electron spin). Use the fact that the Hydrogen states are labeled by three integer quantum numbers, m, l and n, where -l ? m ? l and 0 ? l < n.
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