Compatible observables and commutator

  • Context: Undergrad 
  • Thread starter Thread starter Haynes Kwon
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Commutator observables
Haynes Kwon
Gold Member
Messages
21
Reaction score
0
Is commutator being zero for two operators the same statement as the two observables are compatible?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
Haynes Kwon said:
Is commutator being zero for two operators the same statement that the two observables are compatible?

Yes.
 
  • Like
Likes   Reactions: Haynes Kwon

Similar threads

Graduate Does Causality in QFT Require Commuting Field Operators Outside the Light Cone?
  • · Replies 18 ·
Replies
18
Views
3K
Graduate Does the Zeno effect freeze all the commuting observables?
  • · Replies 1 ·
Replies
1
Views
1K
Graduate Anti-commutation relation for quantized fields
  • · Replies 13 ·
Replies
13
Views
3K
Undergrad Commutator of x and p in quantum mechanics
  • · Replies 4 ·
Replies
4
Views
2K
Undergrad Commutation of operators for particle in a box
  • · Replies 16 ·
Replies
16
Views
2K
Undergrad Are commuting observables necessary but not sufficient for causality?
  • · Replies 6 ·
Replies
6
Views
2K
Undergrad Commutation of position operators in three dimensions
  • · Replies 14 ·
Replies
14
Views
2K
High School In QFT, do Fermion fields belonging to distinguishable particles commute or anti commute?
  • · Replies 19 ·
Replies
19
Views
3K
Undergrad Significance of the Exchange Operator commuting with the Hamiltonian
  • · Replies 9 ·
Replies
9
Views
3K
Undergrad Question about Commutators and Uncertainty
  • · Replies 17 ·
Replies
17
Views
3K