Analytical Bra-Ket Tensor Products: Rules & Wolfram Mathematica

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What are the rules of analyticalnot numerical (matrix) entry of bra-ket convertion – operations on bra-ket, in particular – tensor product ?

For example – how in analytical form to do this:

U|\Psi\rangle

where:

U=I\otimesI

I=|0\rangle\langle0|+|1\rangle\langle1|

\Psi=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left( {|0\rangle\otimes|0\rangle+|1\rangle\otimes|1 \rangle} \right)

Also – is it possible to do it in the analytical (not numerical) form in the package “Wolfram Mathematica” ?
 
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