Questions tagged [anticommutator]
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The implication of anti-commutation relations in quantum mechanics
All the textbooks I saw are very clear about the implications of commutating operators in quantum mechanics. However, much less is said about anti-commutation relations. Does it have a general ...
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Why are anticommutators needed in quantization of Dirac fields?
Why is the anticommutator actually needed in the canonical quantization of free Dirac field?
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What is the Physical Meaning of Commutation of Two Operators?
I understand the mathematics of commutation relations and anti-commutation relations, but what does it physically mean for an observable (self-adjoint operator) to commute with another observable (...
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What is the meaning of the anti-commutator term in the uncertainty principle?
What is the meaning, mathematical or physical, of the anti-commutator term?
$$\langle ( \Delta A )^{2} \rangle \langle ( \Delta B )^{2} \rangle \geq \dfrac{1}{4} \vert \langle [ A,B ] \rangle \vert^{2}...
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