 Hermite function

The normalized Hermite functions multiply the physicists' Hermite polynomials by a Gaussian. They form an orthonormal basis of $L^2(\mathbb{R})$ and satisfy $(-d^2/d{x}^2+x^2)H_n=(2n+1)H_n$. With $a=(x+d/dx)/\sqrt{2}$ and $a^{\ast }=(x-d/dx)/\sqrt{2}$, they are $(a^{\ast }{)}^n{H}_0/\sqrt{n!}$ and the quantum harmonic oscillator is $2a^{\ast }a+1$. For completeness, if $u$ is orthogonal to all of them, all moments of $u(x)e^{-x^2/2}$ vanish. Its transform $\int u(x)e^{-x^2/2}{e}^{zx}dx$ is entire by Cauchy-Schwarz inequality, has every derivative zero at zero, and hence vanishes identically. Uniqueness of the Fourier transform gives $u=0$.