In quantum mechanics, a translation operator is defined as an operator which shifts particles and fields by a certain amount in a certain direction. It...
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In quantum mechanics, the momentum operator is the operator associated with the linear momentum. The momentum operator is, in the position representation...
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operator, as it appears in quantum mechanics. With every physical rotation R {\displaystyle R} , we postulate a quantum mechanical rotation operator D...
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Translation operator can refer to these things: Translation operator (quantum mechanics) Shift operator, which effects a geometric translation Translation...
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(and its application to quantum mechanics), a raising or lowering operator (collectively known as ladder operators) is an operator that increases or decreases...
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this, they are useful tools in classical mechanics. Operators are even more important in quantum mechanics, where they form an intrinsic part of the...
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quantum mechanics, energy is defined in terms of the energy operator, acting on the wave function of the system as a consequence of time translation symmetry...
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Matrix mechanics is a formulation of quantum mechanics created by Werner Heisenberg, Max Born, and Pascual Jordan in 1925. It was the first conceptually...
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operators in Hilbert space. These formulations of quantum mechanics continue to be used today. At the heart of the description are ideas of quantum state...
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In quantum mechanics, the position operator is the operator that corresponds to the position observable of a particle. When the position operator is considered...
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