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Equality of two quadratic position-momentum orderings (xp​2x=p​x2p​)

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On a common invariant domain for the operator products, let the position operator and momentum operator obey [x,p​]=iℏI. Then xp​=p​x+iℏI, so both displayed expressions equal (p​x)2+iℏp​x. In position representation both act on a smooth function f as −ℏ2(x2f′′+2xf′). This particular equality does not imply that arbitrary classical reorderings remain equivalent in quantum mechanics.

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