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Well I've been looking at angular momentum...
I have an idea why a function f cannot be an eigenfunction of 2 different non-commutating operators, but has anyone a nicely precise reason??
If the angular momentum is resolved into its components, and we look at one, say L_z, then:
L_z.f = h.m.f
I am letting h be h-bar, m the quantum number, f the wave function, and L_z is the operator/
Is the total angular momentum quantized in m then also?? How do we find the total angular momentum from just this equation for a COMPONENT?
is it possible to select a direction so that the total angular momentum is L_z?
I have an idea why a function f cannot be an eigenfunction of 2 different non-commutating operators, but has anyone a nicely precise reason??
If the angular momentum is resolved into its components, and we look at one, say L_z, then:
L_z.f = h.m.f
I am letting h be h-bar, m the quantum number, f the wave function, and L_z is the operator/
Is the total angular momentum quantized in m then also?? How do we find the total angular momentum from just this equation for a COMPONENT?
is it possible to select a direction so that the total angular momentum is L_z?