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maalpu
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Can anyone point me to how to interpret Dirac notation expressions as wave functions and integrals beyond the basics of
<α| = a*(q)
|β> = b(q)
<α|β> = ∫ a* b dq
For example in the abstract Dirac notation the expression
|ɣ> (<α|β>)
can be evaluated as
(|ɣ><α|) |β>
Ω |β>
|ω>
but what can you do with the equivalent integral
g ∫ a* b dq
to combine g and a on the way to a final function w based on b ?
And what does it mean for an operator to operate on a function to the left - if it is simply that
f O = O* f
then O f* is also possible, yet
Ω <φ|
is not permitted in the abstract notation ?
<α| = a*(q)
|β> = b(q)
<α|β> = ∫ a* b dq
For example in the abstract Dirac notation the expression
|ɣ> (<α|β>)
can be evaluated as
(|ɣ><α|) |β>
Ω |β>
|ω>
but what can you do with the equivalent integral
g ∫ a* b dq
to combine g and a on the way to a final function w based on b ?
And what does it mean for an operator to operate on a function to the left - if it is simply that
f O = O* f
then O f* is also possible, yet
Ω <φ|
is not permitted in the abstract notation ?