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When one says that a system is in an eigenstate of the Hamiltonian, what exactly does this mean?
I mean, if the Hamiltonian is the total energy of the system, then if it is in an eigenstate of the Hamiltonian, is this saying that its energy is a multiple of its total energy? Obviously this makes no sense. I hope you can see where I'm confused.
I mean, if the Hamiltonian is the total energy of the system, then if it is in an eigenstate of the Hamiltonian, is this saying that its energy is a multiple of its total energy? Obviously this makes no sense. I hope you can see where I'm confused.