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Past exam of the chemistry A course of the University of Cambridge 2021 Paper 1 A1 a i Solution by
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Write , and . The product rule applied to a smooth test function givesThe mixed second partial derivatives cancel because they commute. Since the orbital angular momentum components are , their commutator isThis is one of the orbital angular momentum commutation relations; the Planck constant enters through the definition of each linear operator.
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