Thanks for the suggestion George, I will check that book out.
As for how did I hear about these things, PVM's were covered in my third year QM course. Now, I am doing research in a quantum cryptography group, and although I will mostly be working in the lab, I'd like to have a better...
Does anyone have any good suggestions for a QM book at the advanced undergrad level? I am interested in particular about the QM formulation using density matrices as states and POVM's as measurements.
I am an engineering student, so my math background isn't too strong beyond the basic linear...