Are K1 and K2 Hermitian or Anti-Hermitian?

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Start date Dec 16, 2009
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Dec 16, 2009

ber70

A and B are two Hermitian vector operators.
K1=AXB, K2=AXB-BXA.
Are K1 and K2 hermitian or anti-hermitian?

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Dec 17, 2009

marcusl

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What is X?

Dec 17, 2009

phsopher

I assume it means cross product.

ber70, show us your attempt. What is the definition of hermiticity/antihemiticity? How would you use that to check whether your operators are hermitian?

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