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Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A Mathematical and Physical Sciences

A new proof of the perturbation expansions in quantum mechanics

Edwin Albert Power

Published Jul 7, 1953• 1 citation
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Abstract

Abstract The perturbation formulae of quantum mechanics are derived in the Schrӧdinger representation by elementary algebra. Their equivalence to those found in the interaction representation is demonstrated.
DOI
10.1098/rspa.1953.0111

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