Homework Statement
This is a quick one, which I apologize ahead of time for not writing this out more neatly. The parentheses denote subscripts. I have a system of two particles, which are in a superposition Psi(one) + Psi(two). The energy of particle one is E(1) and of particle two is...
Gut instinct tells me it will be ( 0 1 ) (transposed, of course)
Ah, I did not notice that these represent spins, but merely saw them as (somewhat) arbitrary operators that the Prof made up. I feel a little dumb now realizing how similar they are to the Pauli spin matrices. Although I am...
Homework Statement
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(oops, that line should end with "just before measurement? (Express your answer in terms of the variances of the two operators)" )
The Attempt at a Solution...