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The momentum representation of the componentwise kinematics
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (), The Axiom of Choice). Fix , and , let with the componentwise operators of Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space, let be the unitary of Momentum Fourier Jacobian: the unitary momentum representation clause (c), which on Schwartz classes acts by and put with as in Unitary identifications of the component-valued wave-function space. Then:
(a) is unitary; for , , and ;
(b) , where on , and equivalently for every and almost every ;
(c) for every and every , and both sides are Schwartz classes; no identity of unbounded operators on the full domain of is asserted;
(d) for every , with the componentwise translation of Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space clause (c), the bounded multiplication operator by the unimodular function ;
(e) under the operator is the orthogonal sum ; no physical identification of with a measured momentum distribution is made by this lemma.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice; integers ; ; the scalar unitary and its componentwise version ; the operators and their scalar counterparts; a class ; a vector ; indices .
The scalar momentum representation. is a unitary with the displayed Schwartz formula; on Schwartz classes, where is a surjective isometry of and is the unitary Plancherel transform of Plancherel theorem; and on Schwartz classes acts as the topological automorphism (Momentum Fourier Jacobian: the unitary momentum representation clauses (a)-(c), Fourier transform is a topological automorphism of Schwartz space).
Scalar domains, Fourier representation and translations. and ; the scalar translations are unitary and satisfy on , hence on by density and continuity (Self-adjointness, Fourier representation and translation identities of position and momentum clauses (b),(c), Fourier transform on complex L1 classes).
Componentwise operators and identifications. is unitary and are its conjugates of the corresponding orthogonal sums; is unitary with the componentwise multiplication representation of ; the componentwise translations are the conjugates of (Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space clauses (a)-(c), Unitary identifications of the component-valued wave-function space clauses (a),(c)).
Differentiation under the integral. If for a parameter the integrand is differentiable with derivative dominated by an integrable function independent of the parameter, the derivative may be taken under the integral sign (Differentiation under the integral sign). Change of variables under a translation holds for integrable functions (A linear map of sends Lebesgue measurable sets to Lebesgue measurable sets, with when is invertible and Lebesgue null when it is not). Tonelli's theorem for nonnegative measurable integrands (Tonelli's theorem for nonnegative measurable functions on a sigma-finite product).
Dense extension of bounded identities. If two bounded operators agree on a dense subspace, they agree everywhere (A bounded linear map from a dense normed subspace into a Banach space extends uniquely with the same norm).
Proof
Given: The data of the statement and [F1]-[F5].
[Unitarity, Schwartz formula and Plancherel identity] By [F3] and Finite orthogonal sums of self-adjoint operators and of bounded operators clause (c) the orthogonal sum is unitary, hence so is its conjugate by the unitary . On a Schwartz class each component is a scalar Schwartz class, so [F1] gives with the displayed integral formula and ; hence . The Plancherel identity is the componentwise scalar identity of [F1], summed over (finite sum) and read with the componentwise norms. This proves (a) and (e).
[Momentum domain and action] Let . By [F2], for each one has exactly when , and then . Since and pointwise for every with , one gets and, conversely, exactly when because is an isometry; thus and . Assembling components through [F3] gives and , which is (b).
[Position in the momentum representation] Let and consider one component . For fixed , the -derivative of is . Its modulus is , an integrable bound independent of because is Schwartz; [F4] therefore permits differentiation under the integral, giving that is . Since by [F1], its partial derivative is again Schwartz (Schwartz space and its seminorms), and assembling components through [F3] proves (c).
[Translations] Let be a Schwartz class and fix . For each component, the substitution and [F4] give , so on the dense Schwartz subspace of ; both sides are bounded operators (products of unitaries, a translation and a unimodular multiplier), so [F5] extends the identity to all of and , which is (d).
Remarks
- What the momentum representative is. is a class in obtained from by the unitary transform of clause (a); the lemma makes no statement about measuring it, and the physical reading of as an outcome density is a separate consequence of the observable postulate, proved with the physics items of this page.
- Core only for position. Clause (c) is asserted on Schwartz classes, where both sides are ordinary functions; no claim is made that the mapping with its maximal domain is the unitary conjugate of the full position operator.
Depends on
Fourier transform is a topological automorphism of Schwartz space
The Axiom of Choice
Complex Lp classes and Euclidean test-function conventions
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
Fourier transform on complex L1 classes
Schwartz space and its seminorms
Weak derivative of a locally integrable function
Momentum Fourier Jacobian: the unitary momentum representation
Unitary identifications of the component-valued wave-function space
Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space
Finite orthogonal sums of self-adjoint operators and of bounded operators
Self-adjointness, Fourier representation and translation identities of position and momentum
Differentiation under the integral sign
A bounded linear map from a dense normed subspace into a Banach space extends uniquely with the same norm
A linear map of sends Lebesgue measurable sets to Lebesgue measurable sets, with when is invertible and Lebesgue null when it is not
Plancherel theorem
Tonelli's theorem for nonnegative measurable functions on a sigma-finite product
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Sources
- B. Zwiebach, MIT 8.05 Quantum Physics II (Fall 2013), Chapter 1 'Wave Mechanics', Section 6, printed pages 22-25 (PDF pages 22-25): the Fourier transform as the momentum representation, the momentum-space wavefunction with the (2 pi hbar)^(-1/2) normalization and the position operator in the momentum representation
- G. Teschl, Mathematical Methods in Quantum Mechanics, 1st edition 2009, Section 7.1, printed pages 161-167 (PDF pages 173-179): the Fourier transform, its unitary extension and the momentum representation
- J. Binney and D. Skinner, The Physics of Quantum Mechanics, Sections 2.3.2-2.3.3, printed pages 27-31 (PDF pages 35-39): momentum-space amplitudes and the Gaussian packet's momentum distribution