Quantum HW 2

Due Wed, Feb 26 at the beginning of class

Spring 2014

1. Write the Lagrangian and equation of motion for a particle in a spherical potential V(r). 2. Find the equations of motion for the coupled spring problem we did in class, now with masses m1 and m2, and spring constants k1, k2, and k3.

3. Show that 4. With and

, the identity matrix. , so . and , find . You may

consider this like solving 5. Show that for 6. Show that

, is not a linear operator. See Problem 3.3 in Liboff.

is Hermitian.