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The operator for Lz

Background: Associated with a particle moving in the x-y plane is the observable of its angular momentum in the z-direction,

Write down the associated quantum operator in the x-y representation.

Using the chain rule, show that under the change of variables

your operator may be rewritten as



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Sat May 18 00:58:14 EDT 1996