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Approximation of Q-P graph-domain vectors by product-domain vectors
Statement
Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (), The Axiom of Choice). Fix integers , and , and let with the componentwise position and momentum operators of Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space. Let with be a class and let be the product domain characterized in The position-momentum commutator identity on the product domain clause (b). Then there is a sequence with in . In particular, if is a unit vector, then , and in norm, and consequently
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice; integers ; ; the operators with their maximal componentwise domains; a class with .
Componentwise operators and weak Leibniz. and componentwise on their maximal domains, and (Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space). For every smooth and every whose weak -derivative lies in , one has in (Weak Leibniz rule with a smooth factor).
Cutoffs. There is with , on , outside ; for and one has on , outside , , and (Explicit compactly supported smooth cutoffs).
Dominated convergence. If pointwise and with , then (Dominated convergence).
The product domain. and on the product rule holds (The position-momentum commutator identity on the product domain clauses (a) and (b)).
Inner-product continuity. The inner product and the norm of are continuous for norm convergence (Hilbert space, The space as the quotient by null functions).
Proof
Given: The data of the statement and [F1]-[F5].
[The truncated vector] For put , the componentwise product of the class with the bounded smooth function . Since and , the class satisfies .
[Membership in the product domain] Since , [F1] with gives , a sum of two classes because and are bounded; hence . Next : the first summand is bounded in modulus by pointwise by [F2], and the second by because on the support of and since ; hence . Also because is bounded. By [F4] the three memberships place in .
[Convergence of the truncated sequence] As one has , and pointwise, with the uniform bounds , and . Apply [F3] componentwise to the squared moduli: gives in , and gives . Both majorants are integrable by . For the momentum, , while and pointwise convergence give in by [F3]; the last majorant is integrable because . Therefore in . In particular .
[Normalization] Since , choose such that for every . Reindex this tail by setting for every . Since is a linear subspace by [F4], and . Dividing the convergences of step 2.2 by gives , and . If is a unit vector, these are the convergences , and .
[Means and second moments] Assume is a unit vector. By [F5], and from the convergence ; the same two limits hold with replaced by . This completes the statement.
Depends on
The Axiom of Choice
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
Hilbert space
The space as the quotient by null functions
Schwartz space and its seminorms
Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space
The position-momentum commutator identity on the product domain
Explicit compactly supported smooth cutoffs
Weak Leibniz rule with a smooth factor
Dominated convergence
Dependency tree · 2 levels
Sources
- G. Teschl, Mathematical Methods in Quantum Mechanics, 1st edition 2009, Section 2.1, printed pages 55-58 (PDF pages 67-70): dense domains, approximation by smooth vectors and the canonical commutation relation
- B. Zwiebach, MIT 8.05 Quantum Physics II (Fall 2013), Chapter 5 'Uncertainty Principle and Compatible Observables', Section 2, printed pages 3-6: the domain-qualified derivation of the uncertainty inequality and its saturation