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- Suppose we consider periodic functions
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- i.e., impose particular boundary conditions
- Then surface term vanishes and
- The operator
with 
is Hermitean. The i in L
cancels minus sign.
- Must include boundary conditions when discussing operators in
infinite dimensional space
Geoffrey Fox, Northeast Parallel Architectures Center at Syracuse University, gcf@npac.syr.edu