 Unitary time reversal reverses the energy spectrum (source code)

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= Unitary time reversal reverses the energy spectrum

If a unitary $T$ satisfied $U(t)T=TU(-t)$, differentiation at zero would give
$$
HT=-TH.
$$
It would map every energy $E$ to $-E$. A Hamiltonian unbounded above would consequently be unbounded below and have no stable ground state.

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