How Do You Compute Derivatives in Dirac Notation with Mathematica?

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Jooya
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Hi everybody,

I am trying to get the partial derivative of the following with respect to Si[t] and Phi[t] separately:

Integrate[<Phi[t]|H|Si[t]>]

The operator H is the partial derivative with respect to t.

I tried this in Mathematica, calling

Needs["Quantum`Notation`"]

but I end up with an strange term : " zz080Bra' "

Any help and advice in this line is appreciated.
 
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Jooya said:
I am trying to get the partial derivative of the following with respect to Si[t] and Phi[t] separately:

Integrate[<Phi[t]|H|Si[t]>]

The operator H is the partial derivative with respect to t.
I don't see how to make sense of this. For starters, if [itex]|\phi(t)\rangle[/itex] is a ket, [itex]\phi(t)[/itex] doesn't make sense on its own, and [itex]\partial/\partial\phi(t)[/itex] makes even less sense.