Ehrenfest theorem

theorem that the time evolution of the expectation value of a quantum observable is proportional to that of the commutator between the observable and the Hamiltonian (plus that of any explicit time dependence of the operator, if any)
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"Ehrenfest theorem"@en
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"Ehrenfest's theorem"@en
schema:description
"theorem that the time evolution of the expectation value of a quantum observable is proportional to that of the commutator between the observable and the Hamiltonian (plus that of any explicit time dependence of the operator, if any)"@en
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wdt:P1051 "3575"
wdt:P138 Paul Ehrenfest
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wdt:P31 theorem
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