Harmonic oscillator and Hermite functions
[5/40%]Let , and the operator of multiplication by . Define the operators , , (the so-called creation and annihilation operators in quantum field theory) in the space .
Prove that the system of equations , , has a one-dimensional space of solutions in .
Let be a basis vector in the solution space of the system , (the so-called vacuum vector). Prove that the system of functions , , is dense in .
Let , (the so-called occupation number operator and particle number operator). Prove that the functions , , are eigenfunctions for the operators and , and compute the corresponding eigenvalues.
Construct an isomorphism between the space and the space of -fold sequences , , with the property for all .
Compute the Fourier transforms of the functions , .
Find the spectral decomposition of the selfadjoint extension of the operator with initial domain .