Consider operators  and B̂ that do not commute with each other  but do commute with their commutator: 

(for instance, x̂ and p̂).

(a) Show that

You can prove this by induction on n, using Equation 3.65.

(b) Show that

where λ is any complex number. Express e^λ as a power series.
(c) Derive the Baker–Campbell–Hausdorff formula:

these functions are equal at λ = 0, and show that they satisfy the same differential equation: 

and

Therefore, the functions are themselves equal for all λ.

Equation 3.65

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(C = [A, B])