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This is a beginner's question: what does that hat about the H (Hamiltonian) symbol signify? One often sees it in the Schrödinger equation and a few other symbols such as the p of momentum.
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amorrow said:This is a beginner's question: what does that hat about the H (Hamiltonian) symbol signify? One often sees it in the Schrödinger equation and a few other symbols such as the p of momentum.
jcsd said:Yes, if the the momentum is the momentum operator, then the caret means it's an operator. Tbh actually thinking about it, it's far more likely that the symbol amorrow saw was meant to represent the momentum operator.
amorrow said:Yes, I was looking at the Wikipedia entry on momentum operator, etc. Their use of the caret/hat is somewhat inconsistent.
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