Question: True or false? (a) The reduced mass of a two-particle system is always less than m1 and less than m2. (b) When we solve a

True or false?
(a) The reduced mass of a two-particle system is always less than m1 and less than m2.
(b) When we solve a two-particle system (whose potential-energy V is a function of only the relative coordinates of the two particles) by dealing with two separate one-particle systems, V is part of the Hamiltonian operator of the fictitious particle with mass equal to the reduced mass.

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