Which Operators Commute in Quantum Mechanics?

[Dassinia]

Hello

Homework Statement

For a free particle moving in one dimension, divide the following set of operators into subsets of commuting operators:
[P,x, H, p]

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The Attempt at a Solution

I don't get the statement itself
What does the set represents for the particle ?
Dividing into subsets is like finding the operators that commute in the set ?

Thanks

 

[MisterX]

You're just supposed to find the subsets of that set such that the commutator of every operator in a subset commutes with every other operator in that subset.


So if we hadA, B, and C, and [A,B] = 0, but [A,C] \neq 0 and [B,C] \neq 0, then your sets would be

\left\{ A, B \right\}, \left\{ C\right\}

 

[Dassinia]

Thank you !