The time‐evolution operator for the time‐dependent harmonic oscillator H= (1)/(2) {α(t)p2 +β(t)q2} is exactly obtained as the exponential of an anti‐Hermitian operator. The method is based on the equations of motion for the coordinate and momentum operators in the Heisenberg representation. The problem is reduced to solving the classical equations of motion.

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