Schur's Lemma: Appendix A
Schur's Lemma: Appendix A
Schur's Lemma: Appendix A
Schurs Lemma
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Conversely, if the set S were to reduce the space V into nontrivial invariant
subspaces V1 and V , we could choose two unequal numbers, r1 and r2 , and
dene an operator R such that R|m = r1 |m for any |m V1 and R|n =
r2 |n for any |n V . Now T |m V1 and T |n V for every operator
T in S, and hence it follows from the denition of R that [T, R] = 0. Thus
we have an operator (not a multiple of the identity) that commutes with all
members of the set S if S is not irreducible. So the lemma is proven.