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Harmonic Oscillator Lowering Operator

This is similar to the last section.

\begin{displaymath}\bgroup\color{black}A u_n=\sqrt{n}u_{n-1}\egroup\end{displaymath}


\begin{displaymath}\bgroup\color{black}\langle i\vert A\vert j\rangle=\sqrt{j}\delta_{i(j-1)}\egroup\end{displaymath}


\begin{displaymath}\bgroup\color{black}A=\left(\matrix{
0&\sqrt{1}&0&0&0&...\cr...
...&0&0&0&\sqrt{4}&...\cr
...&...&...&...&...&... }\right)\egroup\end{displaymath}

This should be the Hermitian conjugate of \bgroup\color{black}$A^\dag $\egroup.



James Branson
2001-09-17