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H=p^2/2m+c
What's c? It's of course a shift in energy, but can be thought also as a smoother and smoother real-space local potential that becomes a constant all over the space.
On the other hand, why couldn't one think about it as a constant potential in reciprocal space? It's a shift in energy so it's a constant everywhere...
But how to reconcile this with the fact that the Fourier transform of a constant is a Dirac delta?
What's c? It's of course a shift in energy, but can be thought also as a smoother and smoother real-space local potential that becomes a constant all over the space.
On the other hand, why couldn't one think about it as a constant potential in reciprocal space? It's a shift in energy so it's a constant everywhere...
But how to reconcile this with the fact that the Fourier transform of a constant is a Dirac delta?