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On matrices whose eigenvalues are in arithmetic progression

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

P. T. Landsberg
P. T. Landsberg
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Department of Natural PhilosophyThe UniversityAberdeen
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The following matrix problems are well known in quantum mechanics:

(a) The one-dimensional harmonic oscillator. Given

determine the eigenvalues hjj of H, and the matrix elements of X, P if H is diagonal. It is found (Wigner (4)) that

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Research Article
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Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 47 , Issue 3 , July 1951 , pp. 585 - 590
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Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1951

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