22. The Correspondance Principle Revisited

Question 1

Describe briefly how the PDF for the classical oscillator can be built

Answer 1

• Taking a snapshot of the oscillator at random intervals and noting its location
• It strongly peaks near the classical limit
• Peak develops into PDF by squaring the wave function

Question 2

See page 15 of document for the momentum, angular momentum and kinetic energy operators which are built using their classical counter parts

Answer 2

Do it