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We review the various assumptions under which abstract versions of the quantum mechanical virial theorem have been proved. We point out a relationship between the virial theorem for a pair of operators H, A and the regularity properties of the map . We give an example showing that the statement of the virial theorem in [CFKS] is incorrect.
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Received: 7 January 1999 / Accepted: 2 June 1999
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Georgescu, V., Gérard, C. On the Virial Theorem in Quantum Mechanics. Comm Math Phys 208, 275–281 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200050758
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002200050758