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Energy levels of double well potential
Consider the (quantum) Hamiltonian on the real line
$$H=-\frac{\hbar^2}{2m}\frac{d^2}{dx^2}+V(x).$$
Let us assume that the potential $V$ is an even smooth functions with exactly two non-degenerate ...
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Uniqueness of solution to Cauchy problem with quadratic nonlinearity
Consider the non-linear differential operator
$$\mathfrak{L}: \ C^2((0,T)\times\mathbb{R}^2)\ni\varphi\equiv\varphi(t,x,y) \, \mapsto \, \partial_x^2\varphi + (\partial_x\varphi)^2.$$
For $U\subset\...
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Derivative of a time evolution operator w.r.t. a parameter
Let $N\geq1$ be an integer and let $H:[0,1]^2\to\mathbb C^{N\times N}$ be a pointwise hermitean matrix valued function.
For $y\in[0,1]$ and $0\leq a\leq b\leq 1$, let $U_y(b,a)$ be the time evolution ...
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Does the derivative of log have a Dirac delta term?
Dirac writes down the following formula on page 61 of his "Principles of quantum mechanics":
$\frac{d}{dx}\log x = \frac{1}{x} -i\pi\delta(x)$, see http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1947pqm..book.....D ...
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Birth-Death Process associated with Orthogonal Polynomials
I have read in various places the following objects are related:
orthogonal polynomials
birth-death processes
Lattice paths
continued fractions
After a lot of searching online, I found sketches ...
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Does the existence of an asymtpotic density imply the existence of a measure on infinite dimensional (path) space?
This question is related to the following question
Question about a Limit of Gaussian Integrals and how it relates to Path Integration (if at all)?
A couple of authors have observed that composing a ...
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Wightman fields vs local functionals vs operators
In QFT literature one wants to look at $n-$point correlation functions of "operators" inserted at $x$ say, $\cal{O}(x)$ and if $\phi_i$ are the fields then the quantity one has in mind is written as, $...
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fundamental solution of radial wave equation
i am trying to find resources on the derivation of the fundamental solution to the radial wave equation. any suggestions of or links to books, papers, and/or notes would be much appreciated. i have ...
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