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| Let <math> f(x) \!</math> be a differentiable function, using
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| (a) <math>[\hat{x},\hat{p}^{2}_{x}f(\hat{x}) ]=2i\hbar \hat{p}_{x}
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| f(\hat{x})</math>
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| <math>[\hat{x},\hat{p}_{x}f(\hat{x})\hat{p}_{x}]=i\hbar[f(\hat{x})\hat{p}_{x}+\hat{p}_{x}f(\hat{x})]</math>
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| (c) <math>[\hat{p}_{x},\hat{p}^{2}_{x}f(\hat{x})]=-i\hbar
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| (d) <math>[\hat{p}_{x},\hat{p}_{x}f(\hat{x})\hat{p}_{x}]=-i\hbar
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Revision as of 15:58, 8 July 2013
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