Quantum Mechanics

Quantum Mechanics

What is the superposition principle?

What is linearity?

What is the relationship between the Hamiltonian and the energy?

Define Expectation

EigenFunction

Eigenvalue

Eigenstate

Eigenvector

If the wavefunction is not an eigenfunciton of the operator what happens to the measurement?

When is an operator said to be Hermitian?

Describe Commutation

Define the Identity Operator

If A|u>=w>
What transforms <u| to <w|

Rule One

Rule Two

Rule Three

Rule Four

Rule Five

Rule Six

Rule Seven

Which two rules are incompatible?

When are two observables said to be compatible?

What can be concluded about these two hermitian operators:
[A,B]=iC

Ehrenfest's Theorem