Thanks ibazulic.
Could you clarify the definition of an 'eigenstate', I could quite follow the definition from the material I'm working with. Also, with Dirac notation, do we perform the operation on both the function and its complex conjugate separately, and then integrate?
So back to my previous question on operators; is an operator a mathematical construction which operates on a function to return position (for example with a position operator)?
In that is the case if I'm dealing with expectation values I'm not dealing with eigenfunctions? Does this then mean...
Hi M Quack,
Thanks for that!
Could you elaborate perhaps on the 'expectation value' that you mentioned? It's only that I have no idea what the integral represents, and only hazarded a guess as shown above.
Thanks.
Greetings chaps,
This will probably be old hat to most of you, but I'm beginning to start Quantum mech. so that I can develop a deeper understanding of its application in Chemistry ( I'm a Chemistry undergrad -gauge my level from that if you will!)
i.) First of all, would I be right in...