Phy5645/HO problem1
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Calculate the expectation value of x in eigenstate. Solution: We can compute the expectation value of x simply. Failed to parse (SVG (MathML can be enabled via browser plugin): Invalid response ("Math extension cannot connect to Restbase.") from server "https://wikimedia.org/api/rest_v1/":): {\displaystyle |\Psi_n\}
We should have seen that coming. Since each term in the operator changes the eigenstate, the dot product with the original (orthogonal) state must give zero