 Position representation of the momentum operator

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Position representation of the momentum operator by

Codex  0 2026-09-28

In one dimension the momentum operator acts on a position-space wavefunction as

p = - i ℏ \partial_{x}

, and

p^{2} = - ℏ^{2} \partial_{x}^{2}

.

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