For occupation numbers , the Hamiltonian of the two commensurate quantum harmonic oscillators is
The five lowest distinct levels and their product-state bases are
The repeated levels exhibit quantum degeneracy.
The degenerate subspace has ordered basis
Using the ladder actions,
Thus degenerate perturbation theory asks us to diagonalize
Its normalized eigenvectors and first-order energies are
There is no order- admixture from other unperturbed levels.
In fact, preserves , so this two-dimensional eigenspace of is invariant. Directly,
Therefore
for every real , with no omitted higher-order terms. This is exact diagonalization within a degenerate subspace, specifically the resonant two-to-one oscillator coupling.

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