diff --git a/pages/Math401/Math401_T4.md b/pages/Math401/Math401_T4.md index 79d7f50..555ee26 100644 --- a/pages/Math401/Math401_T4.md +++ b/pages/Math401/Math401_T4.md @@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ A pair of state and effect determines a probability $E_i(P)=p(\omega_i|P)$. By t **Registration:** The impression left on the glass pace by the condensed silver atoms. -## Finite probability spaces in the language of Hilbert space and operators +## Section 3: Finite probability spaces in the language of Hilbert space and operators > Superposition is a linear combination of two or more states. @@ -44,3 +44,57 @@ A quantum coin can be represented mathematically by linear combination of $|0\ra > For the rest of the material, we shall take the $\mathscr{H}$ to be vector space over $\mathbb{C}$. +### Rewrite the language of probability + +To each event $A\in \Omega$, we associate the operator on $\mathscr{H}$ of multiplication by the indicator function $M_{\mathbb{I}_A}:f\mapsto \mathbb{I}_A f$ that projects onto the subspace of $\mathscr{H}$ corresponding to the event $A$. + +$$ +P_A=\sum_{k=1}^n a_k|k\rangle\langle k| +$$ + +where $a_k\in\{0,1\}$, and $a_k=1$ if and only if $k\in A$. Note that $P_A^*=P_A$ and $P_A^2=P_A$. + +#### Density operator + +Let $(p_1,p_2,\cdots,p_n)$ be a probability distribution on $X$, where $p_k\geq 0$ and $\sum_{k=1}^n p_k=1$. The density operator $\rho$ is defined by + +$$ +\rho=\sum_{k=1}^n p_k|k\rangle\langle k| +$$ + +The probability of event $A$ relative to the probability distribution $(p_1,p_2,\cdots,p_n)$ becomes the trace of the product of $\rho$ and $P_A$. + +$$ +\operatorname{Prob}_\rho(A)=\text{Tr}(\rho P_A) +$$ + +#### Random variables + +A random variable is a function $f:X\to\mathbb{R}$. It can also be written in operator form: + +$$ +F=\sum_{k=1}^n f(k)P_{\{k\}} +$$ + +The expectation of $f$ relative to the probability distribution $(p_1,p_2,\cdots,p_n)$ is given by + +$$ +\mathbb{E}_\rho(f)=\sum_{k=1}^n p_k f(k)=\operatorname{Tr}(\rho F) +$$ + +Note, by our definition of the operator $F,P_A,\rho$ (all diagonal operators) commute among themselves, which does not hold in general quantum theory. + +## Section 4: Why we need generalized probability theory to study quantum systems + +Story of light polarization. + +### Classical picture of light polarization and Bell's inequality + +> An interesting story will be presented here. + +## Section 5: The quantum probability theory + +Let $\mathscr{H}$ be a Hilbert space. $\mathscr{H}$ consists of complex-valued functions on a finite set $\Omega=\{1,2,\cdots,n\}$. and that the functions $(e_1,e_2,\cdots,e_n)$ form an orthonormal basis of $\mathscr{H}$. We use Dirac notation $|k\rangle$ to denote the basis vector $e_k$. + +In classical settings, multiplication operators is now be the full space of bounded linear operators on $\mathscr{H}$. (Denoted by $\mathscr{B}(\mathscr{H})$) +