
www.Usenet.com
| <-- __Chronological__ --> | <-- __Thread__ --> |
On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 John Baez wrote: >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, >nobody <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>John Baez wrote: >> >>>The unbounded operators of interest in quantum physics are >>>almost always self-adjoint or at least normal. Other unbounded >>>operators are usually horrible! >> >>What about the boson annihilation and creation operators? > >True, those are unbounded and unhorrible. > >>My impression from things that you've said before is that they >>are reasonably well-behaved, e.g., (a+)+ = a (of course, I >>should ask to what domain that statement applies). > >Yes, if you pick the right domains you get this equation. >This book will tell you which domain work: > >http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/bsz.html > >if you've got the guts to download a 200-megabyte PDF file. Fortunately, I won't have to do that. I was just given a nearly mint-condition print copy of BSZ that a friend got for me from a used book dealer in Kansas (via Amazon). The bad news is, I don't know where in that book to find those domains ... so I have to ask for a hint. Dr. Baez? nobody
| <-- __Chronological__ --> | <-- __Thread__ --> |