Operators
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg30646] Operators
- From: "MacGyver" <macgyiver at hotmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2001 03:58:53 -0400 (EDT)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Hello. I am a newbie in Mathematica and I can't figure this out. I want to define a differential operator p=-i \hbar \del like the one used in quantum mechanics for momentum. But when I enter it in the Hamiltonian (e.g. H=p^2/(2m) ) I want Mathematica to perform all the appropriate symbolic calculations, in particular for this example, it should convert \del^2 to \lapl. Can this be done?