Canonical commutation relation
In quantum mechanics (physics), the canonical commutation relation is the fundamental relation between canonical conjugate quantities (quantities which are related by definition such that one is the Fourier transform of another). For example,
between the position operator x and momentum operator px in the x direction of a point particle in one dimension, where [x , px] = x px − pxx is the commutator of x and px , i is the imaginary unit, and ℏ is the reduced Planck's constant h/2π . In general, position and momentum are vectors of operators and their commutation relation between different components of position and momentum can be expressed as
where is the Kronecker delta.
This relation is attributed to Max Born (1925), who called it a "quantum condition" serving as a postulate of the theory; it was noted by E. Kennard (1927) to imply the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
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