Wednesday, December 31, 2014

quantum mechanics - Can I replace eigenvalue of p operator with position space representation of p operator?


x|ˆp|ψ=dp x|ˆp|pp|ψ=dp px|pp|ψ=dp (ix)x|pp|ψ


Please explain how we can go from second step to third step? In the second step, the p is an eigenvalue which has been replaced by position representation of the momentum operator in the third step. How can we replace a number by an operator?




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