Assume that you have a quantum mechanical observable N with eigenvalues W; and corresponding eigenvectors |w;). Show that Vn?) – (N)2 = E P(w,) (a) – (1))* where P(w;) is the probability of measuring the eigenvalue w¿ for some quantum state.
Assume that you have a quantum mechanical observable N with eigenvalues W; and corresponding eigenvectors |w;). Show that Vn?) – (N)2 = E P(w,) (a) – (1))* where P(w;) is the probability of measuring the eigenvalue w¿ for some quantum state.
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The average value of a function (f) of a variable (j) is the sum of all the products of the individual values (f (j)) of the function and their probabilities (P (j)).
It may be expressed as follows:
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