1. May 28, 2015 #1

   Isaac0427

   

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   Hi,
   I was looking at the wikipedia article for spin 1/2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spin-½ and it stated that √(½(½+1))ħ=√3/2ħ. According to my math it is √¾ħ. Is this just a typo or am I missing something?

    

   Isaac0427, May 28, 2015
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3. May 28, 2015 #2

   ShayanJ

   

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   Be careful, what you wrote is ## \sqrt{\frac 3 4 }\hbar ## and what the wiki page wrote is ## \frac{\sqrt 3}{2} \hbar ##. They're the same!

    

   ShayanJ, May 28, 2015
4. May 28, 2015 #3

   Isaac0427

   

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   Ah I see. I went off initial simplification, not realizing that they are the same.

    

   Isaac0427, May 28, 2015

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