1. Is the product A Ba Hermitian operator? 2. Do  and B commute? 3. What are the relations between a, b, c, u and v for which the answer to the questions 1 and 2 is yes?

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PROBLEM 1. Consider two Hermitian operators A and B defined by the
matrices:
iv 0
a 0 0
0 b 0
0 0
-iv 0
where a, b, c, u, and v are real constants.
1. Is the product A B a Hermitian operator?
2. Do  and B commute?
3. What are the relations between a, b, c, u and v for which the answer
to the questions 1 and 2 is yes?
Transcribed Image Text:PROBLEM 1. Consider two Hermitian operators A and B defined by the matrices: iv 0 a 0 0 0 b 0 0 0 -iv 0 where a, b, c, u, and v are real constants. 1. Is the product A B a Hermitian operator? 2. Do  and B commute? 3. What are the relations between a, b, c, u and v for which the answer to the questions 1 and 2 is yes?
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