| Quantum Mechanics for Engineers 5.53 alpha |
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D.36 The evolution of expectation values
To verify the stated formulae for the evolution of expectation values,
just write the definition of expectation value,
, differentiate to get
and replace
by
on account of the
Schrödinger equation. Note that in the first inner product, the
appears in the left part, hence comes out as its complex
conjugate
.