Mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics
Warm-upHumanA qubit is in the state . Measuring , what is the probability of the outcome ?
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A qubit is in the state . Measuring , what is the probability of the outcome ?
A three-level system has an observable with orthonormal eigenvectors and eigenvalues . In the state , what is the expectation ?
In the state (spin up along ), compare with , using .
On let with domain . Which statement is true?
The proof of the Hellinger–Toeplitz theorem shows that the graph of an everywhere-defined symmetric operator is closed. Which theorem then gives that is bounded?
With , and , compute .
Which Lean statement correctly formalises no complex matrices satisfy with (and is provable)?
In Wielandt's proof that () is impossible for bounded operators, one needs for every . Why does no power of vanish?
Which normalised states satisfy exactly? Select all that apply.
Write expectation(A, psi) returning for a square matrix A (list of rows) and a vector psi (list of complex numbers), and std_dev(A, psi) returning for a normalised psi and Hermitian A. The tests check Robertson's inequality for Pauli matrices.