Solution

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The orbital angular momentum generates rotations in the plane. The canonical commutation relations give
Use the commutator product rule . Since different coordinates commute,
Thus, for arbitrary positive angular frequencies,
At , this becomes . The rotational symmetry of the two-dimensional isotropic harmonic oscillator allows a basis of simultaneous energy eigenstates and orbital angular momentum eigenstates.

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