A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics · Problem 3.13

Angular Momentum — John S. Townsend

Physics — Quantum Mechanics · spin-1-commutation-relations

Problem

Verify that the 3×33\times 3 matrices Jx→ℏ2(010101010),Jy→ℏ2(0−i0i0−i0i0),Jz→ℏ(10000000−1)J_x \to \frac{\hbar}{\sqrt{2}}\begin{pmatrix} 0 & 1 & 0 \\ 1 & 0 & 1 \\ 0 & 1 & 0 \end{pmatrix}, \quad J_y \to \frac{\hbar}{\sqrt{2}}\begin{pmatrix} 0 & -i & 0 \\ i & 0 & -i \\ 0 & i & 0 \end{pmatrix}, \quad J_z \to \hbar\begin{pmatrix} 1 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & 0 \\ 0 & 0 & -1 \end{pmatrix} satisfy the angular momentum commutation relations (3.14).

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