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nomadreid
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If I understand correctly (no guarantee), the angles A and B in the generator of the three Pauli matrices (excluding the identity):
cos A...................exp(-iB) sin A
exp(iB) sin A.................-cos A
refer to angles in a Hilbert space, for example the angles of the Bloch sphere. However, are they at the same time the angles between the axes in which a magnetic field would be positioned in order to measure spin? Otherwise put, what is the connection between the Pauli matrices and spatial coordinates?exp(iB) sin A.................-cos A