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+"""
+Functions to calculate the Hamiltonian in both classical and quantum mechanics.
+
+Overview:
+    The Hamiltonian represents the total energy of a system.
+
+    - In classical mechanics, it is the sum of kinetic and potential energies.
+
+    - In quantum mechanics, it becomes an operator acting on the wavefunction ψ(x),
+     describing how the system evolves in time.
+
+This module includes:
+    - classical_hamiltonian(): return total energy for given mass, momentum,
+     and potential.
+    - quantum_hamiltonian_1d(): Builds a 1D Hamiltonian matrix for numerical
+     quantum systems.
+"""
+
+import numpy as np
+
+
+def classical_hamiltonian(
+    mass: float, momentum: float, potential_energy: float
+) -> float:
+    """
+    Calculate the classical Hamiltonian (total energy) of a particle.
+
+    The Hamiltonian(H) represents the total energy of the system:
+        H = (momentum² / (2 * mass)) + potential_energy
+
+    Parameters:
+        mass (float): Mass of the particle (must be positive).
+        momentum (float): Linear momentum of the particle.
+        potential_energy (float): Potential energy of the particle.
+
+    Returns:
+        float: Total energy (Hamiltonian) of the particle.
+
+    Examples:
+    >>> classical_hamiltonian(1.0, 2.0, 5.0)
+    7.0
+    >>> classical_hamiltonian(2.0, 3.0, 1.0)
+    3.25
+    >>> classical_hamiltonian(1.0, 0.0, 10.0)
+    10.0
+    >>> classical_hamiltonian(1.0, 2.0, 0.0)
+    2.0
+    """
+    if mass <= 0:
+        raise ValueError("Mass must be a positive value.")
+    return (momentum**2) / (2 * mass) + potential_energy
+
+
+def quantum_hamiltonian_1d(
+    mass: float,
+    hbar: float,
+    potential_energy_array: np.ndarray,
+    grid_spacing: float,
+    round_to: int | None = None,
+) -> np.ndarray:
+    """
+    Construct the 1-D quantum Hamiltonian matrix for a particle in given potential.
+
+    Description:
+        In quantum mechanics, the Hamiltonian (H) represents the total energy
+        of a particle, combining both kinetic and potential energy components.
+        For a particle of mass m in one spatial dimension, it is defined as:
+
+            H = - (ħ² / 2m) * (d²/dx²) + V(x)
+
+            - The first term is the kinetic energy operator.
+            - The second term is the potential energy V(x).
+
+        Using the *finite difference method*, the second derivative is approximated by:
+            d²ψ/dx² ≈ (ψ[i+1] - 2ψ[i] + ψ[i-1]) / (Δx²)
+
+        This turns the continuous operator into a discrete matrix.
+
+    Formula:
+        H[i, i]   = (ħ² / (m * Δx²)) + V[i]
+        H[i, i±1] = - (ħ² / (2m * Δx²))
+
+    Parameters:
+        mass (float): Mass of the particle. (must be positive)
+        hbar (float): Reduced Planck constant. (must be positive)
+        potential_energy_array (np.ndarray): Potential energy values V(x)
+         at each grid point.
+        grid_spacing (float): Distance between consecutive grid points Δx.
+         (must be positive)
+        round_to (int | None): Number of decimal places to round the matrix to.
+                               If None (default), no rounding is applied.
+
+    Returns:
+        np.ndarray: The discrete Hamiltonian matrix representing
+         the total energy operator.
+
+    Examples:
+        >>> import numpy as np
+        >>> potential = np.array([0.0, 0.0, 0.0])
+        >>> quantum_hamiltonian_1d(1.0, 1.0, potential, 1.0)
+        array([[ 1. , -0.5,  0. ],
+               [-0.5,  1. , -0.5],
+               [ 0. , -0.5,  1. ]])
+        >>> potential = np.array([1.0, 2.0, 3.0])
+        >>> quantum_hamiltonian_1d(2.0, 1.0, potential, 0.5)
+        array([[ 3., -1.,  0.],
+               [-1.,  4., -1.],
+               [ 0., -1.,  5.]])
+    """
+    if any(val <= 0 for val in (mass, hbar, grid_spacing)):
+        raise ValueError("mass, hbar, and grid_spacing must be positive values.")
+
+    num_points = len(potential_energy_array)
+    kinetic_prefactor = hbar**2 / (2 * mass * grid_spacing**2)
+
+    diagonal = np.full(num_points, 2)
+    off_diagonal = np.ones(num_points - 1)
+
+    kinetic_matrix = kinetic_prefactor * (
+        np.diag(diagonal) - np.diag(off_diagonal, 1) - np.diag(off_diagonal, -1)
+    )
+
+    potential_matrix = np.diag(potential_energy_array)
+    total_hamiltonian = kinetic_matrix + potential_matrix
+
+    if round_to is not None:
+        total_hamiltonian = np.round(total_hamiltonian, round_to)
+
+    return total_hamiltonian
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    import doctest
+
+    doctest.testmod(verbose=True)