Show that the effect of the ``infinitesimal translation'' operator on the wave function is to translate it forward in space by a small distance ,
Using the idea that any finite distance a may be may up of N tiny
steps of size ( for and
), derive the form of the finite
translation operator which shifts a the wave function by
the finite distance a.
Hint: Recall .
Now, using the expansion
the Taylor series
where denotes the derivative of f(x), and your result for 1.2, verify that for your translation operator indeed