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Chinese Journal of Physics

EIGENVALUES OF ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM.

David M. Kaplan, Fan Wu

Published Jan 1, 1971• 2 citations
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Abstract

Using only the elementary commutation relations in quantum mechanics, it is shown that the eigenvalues of Lz=xpy-ypx are integers.

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