Firstly, I wasn't sure exactly where to put this. It's atypesetting query but the scope is greater than TEX; however it'sspecific also to physics and even more specific to this site.
I've recently been reading a style guide for scientificpublications (based on ISO 31-11), however there was no mention ofquantum mechanical operators. I've seen them written a few ways andwas wondering if there was a decision handed down from \"up above\"that any particular way is best.
H -- I see this most commonly but I suspect it's mostly due to(mild) laziness to not distinguish it from a variable.
H^ -- This is nicer to me because it makes the distinction betweenoperator and variable. From what I understand of the ISO the italicmeans it's subject to change, which is true of the form of anoperator, but not really its meaning? So I'm not totally sure ifthat's appropriate here.
H -- Roman lettering is used for functions e.g. sinx, erf(x), andeven the differential operator (as in ddx) so this seems to me likethe most suitable category to put operators in.
H^ -- Probably the least ambiguous but may also be redundant.
Which would be the best to use? Am I being too pedantic?
