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A brief derivation of the Heisenberg commutation relations


Author: Reese T. Prosser
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 26 (1970), 640-641
MSC: Primary 81.22
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9939-1970-0290673-X
MathSciNet review: 0290673
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Abstract: The commutation relations for the canonical coordinates of a mechanical system are here derived from a suitably defined form of translational invariance.


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Keywords: Quantum mechanics, canonical coordinates, commutation relations
Article copyright: © Copyright 1970 American Mathematical Society