Problem Set 2: CH1213 (January 2020)

1. Determine whether the operator in each case below is linear or nonlinear:

a.
b.
c. (i.e. form the complex conjugate of f(x))
d.

2. Find any three eigenfunctions and corresponding eigenvalues of the following operators:
a.
b.

3. Show that is an eigenfunction of the operator and find the corresponding

eigenvalue.

4. Show that where is a constant is an eigenvalue of the linear momentum operator for
a particle restricted to move in one dimension along the x-axis.

5. For the operator show that and are

eigenfunctions with the same eigenvalue. Show that any linear combination of and
is also an eigenfunction of .

6. Operators and are said to commute if = . Show that the one dimensional quantum
mechanical position and momentum operators do not commute. Determine .

7. Write the expression for the y-component of angular momentum of a classical particle in
terms of its position and momentum. Write the expression of the corresponding quantum
mechanical operator.

8. Write the Hamiltonian for a free particle moving along a line, say the x direction.

9. Plot the function . This is called the Gaussian function and you will encounter this
several times as a student of science.