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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 (), The Axiom of Choice). Fix integers , and , let be the component-valued space with the componentwise position and momentum operators of Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space clauses (a) and (b), with domains and let denote the weak partial derivative (Weak derivative of a locally integrable function). Then:
(a) Product rule. If has and (the latter read componentwise), then lies in and
(b) The product domain. and , and their intersection is
(c) Commutator identity. For every ,
(d) Core. The componentwise Schwartz class (Schwartz space and its seminorms) is contained in , and (c) holds on it.
No identity of unbounded products is asserted outside ; in particular no identity is asserted on alone.
Facts & Assumptions
Given: The Axiom of Countable Choice and the Axiom of Choice; integers ; ; the componentwise operators with the displayed domains; a class ; a coordinate index .
Domains and actions. and are self-adjoint with the maximal componentwise domains displayed in the Statement, and componentwise, and (Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space clauses (a), (b)). Hence, for a class , the products and are defined exactly by the memberships and respectively, that is and in the componentwise reading; no other hypothesis enters the definitions of the product domains.
Weak Leibniz rule with a smooth factor. Let be open, , and ; suppose has weak derivatives for all . Then has a weak -derivative, and its almost-everywhere class is (Weak Leibniz rule with a smooth factor). With and this gives in for every whose weak -derivative exists in .
Componentwise reading and Schwartz core. Weak differentiation, multiplication by and the condition are read componentwise; a class lies in exactly when all of its components lie in the scalar Schwartz class (Schwartz space and its seminorms, The space as the quotient by null functions); the Schwartz class is contained in , is mapped into itself by and , and satisfies the canonical commutation relation there (Canonical commutation relations on the component-valued core and commutation with the internal factor clauses (a) and (d)).
Local square-integrability. componentwise, by the Cauchy-Schwarz bound on bounded measurable sets (Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for linearly dependent vectors, The space as the quotient by null functions).
Proof
Given: The data of the statement and [F1]-[F4].
[The product rule] Let with and . Componentwise, by [F4]. The occurrence of in the hypothesis uses the stated locally integrable weak derivative; no global membership of is needed for clause (a). Thus [F2] with and applies and gives in for every . The right-hand side is a component of an class by hypothesis, so componentwise and with the displayed identity. This is (a).
[The two product domains] By [F1], and , which are the first two displays of (b). For the intersection, the inclusion is immediate from these displays; conversely, if has , and in , then and step 1.1 gives , so lies in both product domains. This is (b).
[The commutator] Let . By [F1] and step 2.1, componentwise, while by step 1.1. Subtracting componentwise, , so . This is (c).
[The core] Every component of a Schwartz class lies in the scalar Schwartz class, which is closed under multiplication by and under and is contained in ; hence , and are in , and step 2.1 places in the intersection. The identity of (c), together with [F3], gives (d).
Depends on
Adjoint of a densely defined operator
The Axiom of Choice
The Axiom of Countable Choice ()
Hilbert space
The space as the quotient by null functions
Schwartz space and its seminorms
Weak derivative of a locally integrable function
Canonical commutation relations on the component-valued core and commutation with the internal factor
Componentwise position and momentum operators on the component-valued wave-function space
Weak Leibniz rule with a smooth factor
Cauchy–Schwarz: , with equality exactly for linearly dependent vectors
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Sources
- G. Teschl, Mathematical Methods in Quantum Mechanics, 1st edition 2009, Section 2.1, printed pages 55-58 (PDF pages 67-70): position and momentum operators, dense domains and the canonical commutation relation
- J. Binney and D. Skinner, The Physics of Quantum Mechanics, Sections 2.3.1-2.3.2, printed pages 26-27 (PDF pages 34-35): the commutator [x,p]=i hbar computed on differentiable wavefunctions