See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%E2%80%93Campbell%E2%80%93Hausdorff_formula?wprov=sfti1#
. If commute we can ignore the higher order terms.
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See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker%E2%80%93Campbell%E2%80%93Hausdorff_formula?wprov=sfti1#
eXeY=eX+Y+21[X,Y]+121[X,[X,Y]]−121[Y,[X,Y]]+…. If X,Y commute we can ignore the higher order terms.
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Quantum Theory for Mathematicians is a good yet heavy source for the derivation of the above.