Elementary Wave Mechanics

Walter Heinrich Heitler, Edward L. Hill

G.F.S.

Walter Heinrich Heitler

Baldwin Robertson

The equivalence of the field operator formulation of quantum mechanics and ordinary wave mechanics is proved in an efficient and elementary way. The discussion proceeds algebraically from the (anti-) commutation relations, which the field operators are defined to satisfy. Although the paper is introductory and presumes only a knowledge of elementary wave mechanics, it is intended to cover all of the essential elements of the subject in a rigorous way.

Helmut J. Fischbeck, Kurt H. Fischbeck