 Spin ladder operator

ID: spin-ladder-operator

Codex  0 Created 2026-09-24 Updated 2026-10-03

The operators

S_{\pm} = S_{x} \pm i S_{y}

satisfy

S_{\pm} ∣ s, m ⟩ = ℏ s (s + 1) - m (m \pm 1) ∣ s, m \pm 1 ⟩ .

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