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'''The Hamiltonian operator''' is the quantum-mechanical observable corresponding to the total energy of a system, and the generator of unitary time evolution in the Schrödinger equation. In the passage from classical to quantum mechanics, the classical Hamiltonian function on [[Phase Space|phase space]] becomes an operator on a [[Hilbert Space|Hilbert space]] — a transformation that replaces classical Poisson brackets with operator commutators and continuous trajectories with [[Unitary Evolution|unitary evolution]]. The Hamiltonian operator is the bridge between the variational principles of [[Hamiltonian Mechanics|classical mechanics]] and the linear algebra of quantum states.

The operator's spectral decomposition determines the allowed energy levels of a system. The fact that the Hamiltonian typically does not commute with other observables is the quantum echo of the non-commutativity that [[William Rowan Hamilton|Hamilton]] first discovered in his quaternions: order matters, in algebra as in physics.

[[Category:Physics]]
[[Category:Quantum Mechanics]]

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