Question
Show that the operator obtained by applying a translation to the operator is .
Solution
VerifiedStep 1
1 of 2Using the definition of and a test function , we have
and since (Equation 6.4),
From Equation 6.1
Using Equation 6.1 again and the mathematical fact: , we find that
Finally we may read off the operator
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