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a r X i v : q u a n t - p h / 0 0 0 2 0 6 5 v 2 1 8 A p r 2 0 0 0 Unitary relation between a harmonic oscillator of time-dependent frequency and a simple harmonic oscillator with and without an inverse-square potential Dae-Yup Song? Department of Physics, Sunchon National University, Sunchon 540-742, Korea (February 1, 2008) The unitary operator which transforms a harmonic oscillator system of time-dependent frequency into that of a simple harmonic oscillator of different time-scale is found, with and without an inverse- square potential. It is shown that for both cases, this operator can be used in finding complete sets of wave functions of a generalized harmonic oscillator system from the well-known sets of the simple harmonic oscillator. Exact invariants of the time-dependent systems can also be obtained from the constant Hamiltonians of unit mass and frequency by making use of this unitary transformation. The geometric phases for the wave functions of a generalized harmonic oscillator with an inverse-square potential are given. 03.65.Ca, 03.65.Bz, 03.65.Ge, 03.65.Fd It is certainly of importance to find a complete set of wave functions for a system of the time-dependent Hamil- tonian [1-17]. It has long been known that a harmonic oscillator of time-dependent frequency with or without an inverse-square potential is the system of practical ap- plications (see e.g. Ref. [3]), where the wave functions are described in terms of solutions of classical equation of motion of the oscillator without the inverse-square po- tential [4–8]. In Ref. [9] it has been shown that, for a generalized harmonic oscillator system, the kernel of the system is determined by the classical action. This is one of the basic reasons of the fact that the wave functions are described by the classical solutions. On the other hand, it has long been noticed that there exist classical canonical transformations which relate the (driven) har- monic oscillators of different parameters (see e.g. R