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(a) Work out all of the canonical commutation relations for components of the operator r and p : [x,y],[x,py],[x,px],[py,pz],and so on.

(b) Confirm Ehrenfest鈥檚 theorem for 3 dimensions

ddt<r>=1m<p>andddt<p>=<-v>

(Each of these, of course, stand for three equations- one for each component.)

(c) Formulate Heisenberg鈥檚 uncertainty principle in three dimensions Answer:

xph2;yph2;zph2

But there is no restriction on, say, xpy.

Short Answer

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(a)The canonical commutation relations is [x^,y^]f=[y^,x^]f

(b) Ehrenfest鈥檚 theorem is dddt=-V

(c) The Heisenberg鈥檚 uncertainty principle is xpyh2ij

Step by step solution

01

Define the Schrödinger equation

A differential equation describes matter in quantum mechanics in terms of the wave-like properties of particles in a field. Its answer is related to a particle's probability density in space and time.

02

Determine the canonical commutation relations 

x^,y^=-y^,x^From the axioms of quantum mechanics, we get that

x^f=xf and
p^i=-ihri

By definition, we also know that
ij=1
if otherwise,
ij=0

This letter of definition leads to the following useful identities

A^,B^=-B^,A^

A^B^,C^=B^A^,C^+A^B^,C^A^2,B^=A^A^,B^+A^,B^A^

Let, f be a twice continuously differentiable function,

x^,y^f=x^y^-y^x^fx^,y^f=x^y^f-y^x^fx^,y^f=xyf-yxfx^,y^f=yxf-xyfx^,y^f=y^x^-x^y^fx^,y^f=y^,x^f

But since we also know thatx^,y^=-y^,x^, this implies that x^,y^=y^,x^=0

By symmetry, we then see that for all i,j

03

Determine the Ehrenfest’s theorem

ri,rj=rj,ri=0

Now consider p^y,p^z

p^y,p^zf=-ih(2yz-2zy)fp^y,p^zf=-ih(2fyz-2fzy)p^y,p^zf=0

By equality of mixed second partial derivatives,

By symmetry, we then see that for all, i,j

p^i,p^j=p^j,p^i=0

Next, consider x^p^yapplying this operator to the function f , we find that

x^p^yf=x^p^yf-p^yx^fx^p^yf=-ih(xfy-(xf)y)x^p^yf=-ih(xfy-fy)x^p^yf=0

By symmetry, we then see that for all

r^ip^j=p^jr^i=0

But we also want to know what r^ip^j is when i=j so we considerx^p^x

x^p^xf=x^p^xf-p^xx^fx^p^xf=-ih(xfx-(xf)xx^p^xf=-ih(xfx-f-fx)x^p^xf=ihf

r^ip^j=ihfor all i follows by symmetry

Together with the above result ijwe see that for all i,j

r^ip^j=p^jr^i=ihijdx^df=ihH^,x^H^=p22m+V^(r)andp2=px2+py2+pz2H^,x^=12mp2,x+V,xH^,x^=12mpx2,x+py2,x+pz2,x+Vx-xVH^,p^x=12mpx2,px+VpxH^,p^x=VpxV,px=-ih(Vfx-(Vf)x)=ihVxf

V,px=ihvxH^,p^x=ihvxdp^xdt=ihihvxdpdt=-V

by the symmetry ofx,y,z

04

Determine the Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle

xpx=12ix,px=12iih=h2ypy=12iy,py=12iih=h2zpz=12iz,pz=12iih=h2xpy=12ix,py=0xpyh2ijbythesymmetryx,y,z

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