Are QM operators also tensors?

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Quantum mechanical (QM) operators can be classified as tensors, particularly when considering their behavior under transformations of the symmetry group SO(3). While momentum operators are definitively identified as tensors, the classification of position operators remains ambiguous; specifically, the position operator in position space is not a rank 2 tensor but is still referred to as a tensor operator within the context of quantum mechanics. This discussion clarifies the tensorial nature of various QM operators and their relationship to symmetry groups.

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some, like momentum appear to be, but are all of them?
 
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I am not sure if the position operator in position space is a rank 2 tensor since it is just x. They are all tensors though.
 
They are called tensor operators when the symmetry group is taken as SO(3).
 

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