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Homework Statement
I'm looking for help in proving a few quantum mechanics inequalities. I can't really get started on any of them, so just a few general tips would be helpful. For example:
Given a complete set of normalized discrete eigenstates |n> with eigenvalues q_n.
For any observable P the expectation value of P^2 in the state |n>, <n|P^2|n> satisfies |<n|P|m>|^2 [tex] \leq [/tex] <n|P^2|n> where m is any state from the basis.
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The Attempt at a Solution
As I said, I'm not looking for an answer as I haven't even figured out how to attempt it, any hints would be great.