Commutation of operators in QM

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jaejoon89

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Oct 19, 2009

Can somebody please explain the following?

Given the measurements of 2 different physical properties are represented by two different operators, why is it possible to know exactly and simultaneously the values for both of the measured quantities only if the operators commute?

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