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Using the original definition of the momentum operator and the classical form of kinetic energy, derive the one-dimensional kinetic energy operator K ^ = − ℏ 2 2 m ∂ 2 ∂ x 2

Using the original definition of the momentum operator and the classical form of kinetic energy, derive the one-dimensional kinetic energy operator K ^ = − ℏ 2 2 m ∂ 2 ∂ x 2

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Publisher: Wadsworth Cengage Learning,

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Chapter 10, Problem 10.14E

Using the original definition of the momentum operator and the classical form of kinetic energy, derive the one-dimensional kinetic energy operator

K ^ = − ℏ 2 2 m ∂ 2 ∂ x 2

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