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jonas_nilsson
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Hello,
in my lecture notes I have made a note that if V is a local potential, then <r|V|r'> is diagonal. Is this true, and how come?
It popped up with the Lippmann-Schwinger equation, and I know it's important that V is local, but does really locality implicate diagonality?
Jonas
in my lecture notes I have made a note that if V is a local potential, then <r|V|r'> is diagonal. Is this true, and how come?
It popped up with the Lippmann-Schwinger equation, and I know it's important that V is local, but does really locality implicate diagonality?
Jonas