Formal state determination
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- 1 May 1983
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Mathematical Physics
- Vol. 24 (5) , 1199-1205
Abstract
Following the general results of Park and Band it is shown that any state of a quantal ensemble allowed by the Hilbert space formulation of nonrelativistic quantum mechanics may be determined from the results of measurements, under the assumption that all measurements, those of energy, position, and spin projection, are in accordance with the projection postulate.Keywords
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