# Density Matrix

by Nusc
Tags: density, matrix
 P: 781 I have a question regarding the slide: http://theory.physics.helsinki.fi/~k...a/Lecture3.pdf On page 18-21 it gives the proof of the theorem that $$| \psi_i^{~} \rangle$$ and $$|\phi_{i}^{~}\rangle$$ generate the same density matrix iff $$|\psi_{i}^{~}\rangle = \sum_{j} u_{ij} |\phi_{j}^{~}\rangle$$ assuming that $$| \psi_i^{~}\rangle$$ is not necessarily normalized. What if $$| \psi_i^{~}\rangle$$ is normalized and $$| \phi_i^{~}\rangle$$ not independent? Would the necessary condition for which $$p = | \psi_i \rangle \langle \psi_i |= q = | \phi_j \rangle \langle \phi_j |$$ require that you have $$|\psi_{i}^{~}\rangle = \sum_{j} u_{ij} |\phi_{j}^{~}\rangle$$ ? We know for normalized states psi and phi that $$p = | \psi_i \rangle \langle \psi_i |= q = | \phi_j \rangle \langle \phi_j |$$ iff $$\sqrt{p_{i}} | \psi_i \rangle = \sum_j u_{ij} \sqrt{q_j} | \phi_j \rangle$$

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