Ballentine's (3.49) and (3.50)

  • Thread starter Thread starter andresB
  • Start date Start date
andresB
Messages
625
Reaction score
374
Those equation seems to not be derived anywhere but just stated without proof, are they postulated or one can prove them?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Yes, they aren't derived from any other equation but they aren't postulated. They are natural, as the author explains.
The formula ## e^{i v \cdot G}Ve^{-i v \cdot G}=V-vI## is just derived in the same way as for Q and P. They are very similar, just here you have velocity space instead of ordinary space.
About the formula ## [G_\alpha,Q_\beta]=0##, its just as simple as what the author says:
the position will be unaffected by the instantaneous transformation
Because velocity changes position only by the passage of time. So there will be no change at the instant of transformation. Also changing the position of the particle doesn't change its velocity directly.So the two operators are compatible.
 
Not an expert in QM. AFAIK, Schrödinger's equation is quite different from the classical wave equation. The former is an equation for the dynamics of the state of a (quantum?) system, the latter is an equation for the dynamics of a (classical) degree of freedom. As a matter of fact, Schrödinger's equation is first order in time derivatives, while the classical wave equation is second order. But, AFAIK, Schrödinger's equation is a wave equation; only its interpretation makes it non-classical...
I am not sure if this falls under classical physics or quantum physics or somewhere else (so feel free to put it in the right section), but is there any micro state of the universe one can think of which if evolved under the current laws of nature, inevitably results in outcomes such as a table levitating? That example is just a random one I decided to choose but I'm really asking about any event that would seem like a "miracle" to the ordinary person (i.e. any event that doesn't seem to...
Back
Top