Commutators & Uncertainty Relations Prerequisites

Before entering this lesson, students should:

  • Have exposure to and understand postulates 1-5 of quantum mechanics.
  • Have experience using bra-ket notation and its representation in matrix notation.
  • Know what the $S_{x}$, $S_{y}$, and $S_{z}$ operators are in matrix notation for a spin-$\frac{1}{2}$ system.

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