Cohen Tannoudji II.

Zachary Burell

II.1.|n are the eigenstates of a Hermitean operator H . Assume that the states |n form a discrete orthonormal basis. The operator U (m, n) is dened by:
U (m, n) = |m n |

a. Calculate the adjoint U (m, n) of U (m, n). Solution: U (m, n) = |n m | b.Calculate the commutator [H, U (m, n)] Solution:
[H, U (m, n)] = HU U H = H |m n | |m n | H = Em |m n | |m n | En (Em En ) |m n | (Em En ) U (m, n)

c.Prove the relation:

U (m, n) U (p, q) = nq U (m, p)

Solution:
U (m, n) U (p, q) = |m n | |q = nq U (m, p) p | = |m nq p |

d. Calculate T r {U (m, n)} solution:

T r {U (m, n)} =
i

ui | |m n | |ui = mn

e. Let A be an operator with matrix elements Amn = m | A |n . Prove the relation :

A=
m,n

Amn U (m, n)

solution:
Amn U (m, n) =
m,n m,n

Amn |m n |

=
m,n

|m Amn n | =
m,n

|m m | A |n n | = A

f. Show that Apq = T r AU (p, q) solution:

T r AU (p, q) =
i

ui | AU (p, q) |ui

=
i

ui | A |q

p | |ui = p | A |q = Apq