Let be , are real parameters; denotes the Planck's constant, but for this exercise, you can treat it as another (real) parameter. Evaluate the integral above.
Clarification : simply means .
Hint : Fourier transform.
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Note : I define here the fourier transform of f ( x ) as F { f } ( ξ ) = ∫ f ( x ) e − i x ξ dx
Rearranging slightly :
I ≡ 2 π ℏ 1 ∬ ( q − 2 1 x ) k e ℏ i ( p − k ) x d x d k = 2 π ℏ 1 ∫ ( q − 2 1 x ) e ℏ i p x ∫ k e − ℏ i k x d k d x
Now, we interpret the second integral as (up to a constant) the Fourier transform of the function k . From standard property of FT, we know that : ∀ u ∈ C ∞ ( R ) , F { x u } ( ξ ) = i ∂ ξ F { u } ( ξ ) .
Thus, in our case, the second integral yields :
∫ k e − ℏ i k x d k = ℏ 2 F { k } ( x ) = i ℏ 2 ∂ x F { 1 } ( x ) = 2 π i ℏ 2 ∂ x δ 0 ( x )
Ergo, returning back to our integral above, we have :
I = i ℏ ∫ ( q − 2 x ) e ℏ i p x ∂ x δ 0 ( x ) d x = − i ℏ [ ∂ x { ( q − 2 x ) e ℏ i p x } ] ∣ ∣ ∣ x = 0 = p q + 2 i ℏ
PS : if more details are asked, I can expand the argument here. By writing down the solution, I noticed that this is a quite tricky problem! Well done if you managed to get anywhere with this!