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Homework Statement
From a given [itex] \left| \psi \right> [/itex] I have calculated an expression for [itex]\eta[/itex] which results in a 4x4 matrix (as required) however I now need to find [itex]\eta^{2}[/itex] but don't know how to do this with still keeping a resulting 4x4 matrix.
Homework Equations
[tex]\eta = \alpha \left| 0000 \right> + \beta \left| 0001 \right> + ... + \theta \left| 1111 \right> [/tex] etc.
The Attempt at a Solution
I'm pretty sure I can't just do:
[tex]\eta^{2} = \alpha^{2} \left| 0000 \right> + \beta^{2} \left| 0001 \right> + ... + \theta^{2} \left| 1111 \right> [/tex] etc.
But if I do [itex]\eta^{2}[/itex] I'll end up with:
[tex]\eta^{2} = \alpha^{2} \left| 00000000 \right> + \beta^{2} \left| 00010001 \right> + ... + \theta^{2} \left| 11111111 \right> [/tex] etc.
which isn't any good, I need a 4x4 matrix not a 8x8 matrix.
Perhaps:
[tex]\eta^{2} = \eta \eta*[/tex]
but I still don't think that would do.
Hmm.