mkbh_10 Messages 217 Reaction score 0 Thread starter Sep 20, 2009 #1 How am i supposed to write eigenkets of an operator whose matrix is given to me given that the two ket vectors form an orthonormal basis .
How am i supposed to write eigenkets of an operator whose matrix is given to me given that the two ket vectors form an orthonormal basis .
CompuChip Science Advisor Homework Helper Messages 4,305 Reaction score 49 Sep 20, 2009 #2 Eigenkets is just the "quantum mechanical" name for eigenvectors. So you find the eigenvectors, and then make them orthonormal (e.g. apply the Gram-Schmidt orthonormalisation process)
Eigenkets is just the "quantum mechanical" name for eigenvectors. So you find the eigenvectors, and then make them orthonormal (e.g. apply the Gram-Schmidt orthonormalisation process)