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author | Prefetch | 2021-03-08 15:04:06 +0100 |
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committer | Prefetch | 2021-03-08 15:04:06 +0100 |
commit | 540d23bff03bedbc8f68287d71c8b5e7dc54b054 (patch) | |
tree | c3331ad86ea4be57e5c6c8385c9ac75b5dde6227 /content/know/concept/density-operator/index.pdc | |
parent | 7bf913f9bc7ab9f8f03c5530d245cf95e1edb43e (diff) |
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diff --git a/content/know/concept/density-operator/index.pdc b/content/know/concept/density-operator/index.pdc index 84c2d74..39c2e85 100644 --- a/content/know/concept/density-operator/index.pdc +++ b/content/know/concept/density-operator/index.pdc @@ -45,11 +45,15 @@ $$\begin{aligned} \end{aligned}$$ However, from the special case where $\ket{\Psi_n}$ are indeed basis vectors, -we can conclude that $\hat{\rho}$ is Hermitian, +we can conclude that $\hat{\rho}$ is positive semidefinite and Hermitian, and that its trace (i.e. the total probability) is 100%: $$\begin{gathered} \boxed{ + \hat{\rho} \ge 0 + } + \qquad \qquad + \boxed{ \hat{\rho}^\dagger = \hat{\rho} } \qquad \qquad |