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Show that the operator defined by $\langle x, y|S| \psi\rangle=\langle y, x \mid \psi\rangle$ is Hermitian.
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An operator S is Hermitian if its adjoint S† is equal to itself, i.e., S = S†. The adjoint of an operator is defined as the complex conjugate of the transpose of the operator. Now, let's compute the adjoint of the given operator S. To do this, we need to find the Show more…
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