Deriving Klein-Gordon from Heisenberg

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Homework Statement



Sort of stuck deriving the Klein-Gordon equation from Heisenberg equation of motion

[tex]\dot{\varphi} = i [H, \varphi ][/tex]

Homework Equations

[tex]\dot{\varphi} = \frac{\partial\varphi}{\partial t}[/tex]

[tex]H = \int d^3x \mathcal{H}[/tex]

[tex]\Pi (x) = \dot{\varphi}(x)[/tex]

[tex]\mathcal{H} = \Pi \dot{\varphi} - \mathcal{L}[/tex]

The Attempt at a Solution



[tex]\dot{\varphi} = \int d^3x [ \dot{\varphi}^2 - \mathcal{L}, \varphi ][/tex]

if I expand that, then it becomes a real mess, not sure if I'm on the right track?
 
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first, from the condition i*d(phi)/dt=[H,phi], you can arrive an equation, which makes [intgral(delta_phi)^2,phi]=0, then you differentiate the Heisenberg, equation, get d^2(phi)/dt^2=[H,[H,phi]], and substitute back. Then you get K-G equation immediately
 
\dot{\varphi} = i [H, \varphi ], we obtain

\int d^3x [ \delta{\varphi}^2, \varphi ]=0 Eq(1)

differentiate Heisenberg Eq. again, we have

\dot\dot{\varphi} = i [H, \dot{\varphi} ]=- [H, [H, \dot{\varphi} ] ]

substitute \Pi (x) = \dot{\varphi}(x) back,

using the specific form of H and use Eq.1, you'll get the answer of KG equation.