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The position-momentum commutator identity on the product domain

Statement

Assume the Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice (The Axiom of Countable Choice (ACω), The Axiom of Choice). Fix integers d≥1, r≥1 and ℏ>0, let H(r)=L2(Rd;Cr) be the component-valued space with the componentwise position and momentum operators Qj,Pk of Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space clauses (a) and (b), with domains D(Qj)={f=(fl): xjfl∈L2 for all l},D(Pk)={f=(fl): Dkfl∈L2 for all l}, and let Dk denote the weak partial derivative (Weak derivative of a locally integrable function). Then:

(a) Product rule. If f∈H(r) has xjf∈L2(Rd;Cr) and xjDjf∈L2(Rd;Cr) (the latter read componentwise), then xjf lies in D(Pj) and Dj(xjf)=f+xjDjf;

(b) The product domain. D(QjPj)={f∈D(Pj): xjDjf∈L2(Rd;Cr)} and D(PjQj)={f∈D(Qj): Dj(xjf)∈L2(Rd;Cr)}, and their intersection is D(QjPj)∩D(PjQj)={f∈H(r): Djf, xjf, xjDjf∈L2(Rd;Cr)};

(c) Commutator identity. For every f∈D(QjPj)∩D(PjQj), (QjPj−PjQj)f=iℏ f;

(d) Core. The componentwise Schwartz class S(Rd;Cr) (Schwartz space and its seminorms) is contained in D(QjPj)∩D(PjQj), and (c) holds on it.

No identity of unbounded products is asserted outside D(QjPj)∩D(PjQj); in particular no identity is asserted on D(Pj) alone.

Facts & Assumptions

Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice; integers d,r≥1; ℏ>0; the componentwise operators Qj,Pk with the displayed domains; a class f∈H(r); a coordinate index j.

[F1]

Domains and actions. Qj and Pk are self-adjoint with the maximal componentwise domains displayed in the Statement, (Qjf)l=xjfl and (Pkf)l=−iℏDkfl componentwise, and D(Pk)={f: ξkF2(r)f∈L2} (Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space clauses (a), (b)). Hence, for a class f, the products QjPjf and PjQjf are defined exactly by the memberships Pjf∈D(Qj) and Qjf∈D(Pj) respectively, that is xjDjf∈L2 and Dj(xjf)∈L2 in the componentwise reading; no other hypothesis enters the definitions of the product domains.

[F2]

Weak Leibniz rule with a smooth factor. Let Ω⊆Rn be open, η∈C∞(Ω;C), and u∈Lloc1(Ω;C); suppose u has weak derivatives Dγu∈Lloc1(Ω;C) for all γ≤α. Then ηu has a weak α-derivative, and its almost-everywhere class is Dα(ηu)=∑β≤α(αβ)(Dβη)Dα−βu (Weak Leibniz rule with a smooth factor). With α=ej and η(x)=xj this gives Dj(xju)=u+xjDju in Lloc1 for every u∈Lloc1 whose weak j-derivative exists in Lloc1.

[F3]

Componentwise reading and Schwartz core. Weak differentiation, multiplication by xj and the L2 condition are read componentwise; a class lies in S(Rd;Cr) exactly when all of its components lie in the scalar Schwartz class (Schwartz space and its seminorms, The space Lp(μ) as the quotient by null functions); the Schwartz class is contained in D(Qj)∩D(Pk), is mapped into itself by Qj and Pk, and satisfies the canonical commutation relation (QjPj−PjQj)f=iℏf there (Canonical commutation relations on the component-valued core and commutation with the internal factor clauses (a) and (d)).

[F4]

Local square-integrability. L2(Rd;Cr)⊆Lloc1(Rd;Cr) componentwise, by the Cauchy-Schwarz bound on bounded measurable sets (Cauchy–Schwarz: ∣⟨u,v⟩∣≤∥u∥∥v∥, with equality exactly for linearly dependent vectors, The space Lp(μ) as the quotient by null functions).

Proof

technique · apply the weak Leibniz rule with the smooth factor $x_{j}$ componentwise, read the product domains off the definitions, and assemble the commutator with the two actions

Given: The data of the statement and [F1]-[F4].

1.1givenF2F4algebra

[The product rule] Let f∈H(r) with xjf∈L2 and xjDjf∈L2. Componentwise, fl∈L2⊆Lloc1 by [F4]. The occurrence of Djfl in the hypothesis uses the stated locally integrable weak derivative; no global L2 membership of Djfl is needed for clause (a). Thus [F2] with α=ej and η=xj applies and gives Dj(xjfl)=fl+xjDjfl in Lloc1 for every l. The right-hand side is a component of an L2 class by hypothesis, so Dj(xjf)∈L2 componentwise and xjf∈D(Pj) with the displayed identity. This is (a).

2.1step 1.1F1algebra

[The two product domains] By [F1], D(QjPj)={f: Pjf∈D(Qj)}={f∈D(Pj): xjDjf∈L2} and D(PjQj)={f: Qjf∈D(Pj)}={f∈D(Qj): Dj(xjf)∈L2}, which are the first two displays of (b). For the intersection, the inclusion ⊆ is immediate from these displays; conversely, if f∈H(r) has Djf, xjf and xjDjf in L2, then f∈D(Pj)∩D(Qj) and step 1.1 gives Dj(xjf)=f+xjDjf∈L2, so f lies in both product domains. This is (b).

3.1step 1.1step 2.1F1algebra

[The commutator] Let f∈D(QjPj)∩D(PjQj). By [F1] and step 2.1, (QjPjf)l=xj(−iℏDjfl)=−iℏ xjDjfl componentwise, while (PjQjf)l=−iℏDj(xjfl)=−iℏ(fl+xjDjfl) by step 1.1. Subtracting componentwise, ((QjPj−PjQj)f)l=−iℏxjDjfl+iℏfl+iℏxjDjfl=iℏfl, so (QjPj−PjQj)f=iℏf. This is (c).

4.1step 2.1step 3.1F3∎

[The core] Every component of a Schwartz class lies in the scalar Schwartz class, which is closed under multiplication by xj and under Dj and is contained in L2; hence Djf, xjf and xjDjf are in L2, and step 2.1 places S(Rd;Cr) in the intersection. The identity of (c), together with [F3], gives (d).

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