Shankar 7.5.

2
From Eq. 7.3.22 of Shankar:
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mωx2 mω  12
    
mω
Ψn (x) = exp − Hn x (1)
π~22n (n!)2 ~ ~

Substituting: r
~
b= , x = by
mω
So (1) becomes:

y2
 
1
Ψn (y) = p√ exp − Hn (y) (2)
πb2n n! 2

Consider the lowering operator:

r r
mω 1
a= X +i P
2~ 2mω~

In X-basis it becomes:
r r
mω ~ d
a= x+
2~ 2mω dx

In terms of y:  
1 d
a= √ y+ (3)
2 dy
Consider the relation: √
a|ni = n|n − 1i
Using (2) and (3), projecting this relation in X-basis:

√
 
1 d
√ y+ Ψn (y) = nΨn−1 (y)
2 dy
√
  
1 d y2 1 y2
p√ y+ e− 2 Hn (y) = 2n p√ e− 2 Hn−1 (y)
πb2n n! dy πb2n−1 (n − 1)!
√ √
y2 y2 y2 2n n! y2
ye− 2 Hn (y) + e− 2 Hn0 (y) − ye− 2 Hn (y) = p e− 2 Hn−1 (y)
−1
2 (n − 1)!
⇒ Hn0 (y) = 2nHn−1 (y)

(Homework solution by Arooj Mukarram)