Momentum Operator -- from Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

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Momentum Operator

In momentum space,

Now consider position space. As a trial solution for the momentum operator, use the classical result

and convert it to expectation value notation

where m is the mass, is the wavefunction, and is the complex conjugate of .

Momentum Commutator, Position Operator, Simple Harmonic Oscillator