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Revision as of 22:29, 26 November 2024
Full Title
Context
- In Quantum Mechanics the state of a physical system is represented by a vector in a Hilbert space: a complex vector space with an inner product.[1]
- The term “Hilbert space” is often reserved for an infinite-dimensional inner product space having the property that it is complete or closed. However, the term is often used in a way that includes finite-dimensional spaces, which automatically satisfy the condition of completeness.
- We will use Dirac notation in which the vectors in the space are denoted by |v>, called a ket, where v is some symbol which identifies the vector.
- One could equally well use something like v. A multiple of a vector by a complex number c is written as c|v> -think of it as analogous to cv.
- In Dirac notation the inner product of the vectors |v> with |w> is written <v|w>. This resembles the ordinary dot product ~v · ~w except that one takes a complex conjugate of the vector on the left, thus think of ~v∗· ~w.
Problems
Quantum Theory
Unitary Gauge Transformations[2]
- A reason to be skeptical about assigning a physical meaning directly to the Hilbert-space ingredients: quantum theory contains a little-known form of gauge invariance
References
- ↑ Robert B. Griffiths, Hilbert Space Quantum Mechanics CMU (2014-01) https://quantum.phys.cmu.edu/QCQI/qitd114.pdf
- ↑ Jacob Barandes, New Foundations for Quantum Theory 2024-03-04 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB16TzHFvj0
