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Graduate Testing if the momentum operator is Hermitian
Hi. I'm not too good at maths and I'm having some trouble figuring out the basics of what to do with complex conjugates of functions. Our lecturer has set a couple problems requiring us to test if a few operators are Hermitian. Before I can get to those I thought I'd test the basic momentum...- kkan2243
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Graduate How to Calculate the Gradient of a Separation Vector?
begin by writing 1/c in terms of cartesian coordinates. c = sqrt[(x - x`)^2 + (y - y`)^2 + (z - z`)^2] 1/c = ? then differentiate using multiple applications of the chain rule. Remember that the primed terms are constant when differentiating respect to x, y or z. This was the part that...