diff --git a/pages/Math401/Math401_T6.md b/pages/Math401/Math401_T6.md index a22a4c9..dde60b3 100644 --- a/pages/Math401/Math401_T6.md +++ b/pages/Math401/Math401_T6.md @@ -177,17 +177,19 @@ The observables in the quantum theory are self-adjoint operators on the Hilbert In finite dimensional Hilbert space, $A$ can be written as $\sum_{\lambda\in \operatorname{sp}{(A)}}\lambda P_\lambda$, where $P_\lambda$ is the projection operator onto the eigenspace of $A$ corresponding to the eigenvalue $\lambda$. $P_\lambda=P_\lambda^2=P_\lambda^*$. - ### Effects and Busch's theorem for effect operators Below is a section on Topic 4, about Gleason's theorem and definition of states, and Born's rule for describing the states using density operators. #### Definition of states (non-commutative (_quantum_) probability theory) +> Do a double check on this section, this notation is slightly different from the one in Topic 4. + A state on $(\mathscr{B}(\mathscr{H}),\mathscr{P})$ is a map $\mu:\mathscr{P}\to[0,1]$ such that: -1. $\mu(O)=0$, where $O$ is the zero projection. -2. If $P_1,P_2,\cdots,P_n$ are pairwise disjoint orthogonal projections, then $\mu(P_1\lor P_2\lor\cdots\lor P_n)=\sum_{i=1}^n\mu(P_i)$. +1. $0\leq \mu(E)\leq 1$ for all $E\in \mathscr{P}(\mathscr{H})$. +2. $\mu(I_{\mathscr{H}})=1$. +3. If $E_1,E_2,\cdots,E_n$ are pairwise disjoint orthogonal projections, whose sum is also in $\mathscr{P}(\mathscr{H})$ then $\mu(E_1\lor E_2\lor\cdots\lor E_n)=\sum_{i=1}^n\mu(E_i)$. Where projections are disjoint if $P_iP_j=P_jP_i=O$. @@ -247,18 +249,90 @@ An operator $E$ is said to be the **extreme point** of the convex set $\mathscr{ That is, If $E$ is an extreme point, then $E=\lambda E_1+(1-\lambda)E_2$ for some $0\leq \lambda\leq 1$ and $E_1,E_2\in \mathscr{E}(\mathscr{H})$ implies $E=E_1=E_2$. -#### Effect operator lemma +#### Proposition: Effect operator lemma The set of orthogonal projections on $\mathscr{H}$, $\mathscr{P}(\mathscr{H})$, is the set of extreme points of $\mathscr{E}(\mathscr{H})$. -#### Projection operator and effect operator +#### Theorem: Generalized measures on effects +Let $\mathscr{H}$ be a finite-dimensional Hilbert space. Then any generalized probability measure +$$ +\mu:E\in \mathscr{E}(\mathscr{H})\to \mu(E)\in[0,1] +$$ +with the properties (same as the definition of states): +1. $0\leq \mu(E)\leq 1$ for all $E\in \mathscr{E}(\mathscr{H})$. +2. $\mu(I_{\mathscr{H}})=1$. +3. If $E_1,E_2,\cdots,E_n$ are pairwise disjoint orthogonal effects, whose sum is also in $\mathscr{E}(\mathscr{H})$ then $\mu(E_1\lor E_2\lor\cdots\lor E_n)=\sum_{i=1}^n\mu(E_i)$. + +is the form: + +$\mu(E)=\operatorname{Tr}(\rho E)$ + +for some density operator $\rho$ on $\mathscr{H}$. + +[Proof ignored here] + +> If $\mu$ is a positive linear functional on the space of self-adjoint operators on the finite dimensional Hilbert space $\mathscr{H}$. +> +> Then, there exists a density operator $\rho$ on $\mathscr{H}$ such that $\mu(E)=\operatorname{Tr}(\rho E)$. ### Measurements +A measurement (observation) of a system prepared in a given state produces an outcome $x$, $x$ is a physical event that is a subset of the set of all possible outcomes. + +To each $x\in X$, we associate a measurement operator $M_x$ on $\mathscr{H}$. + +Given the initial state (pure state, unit vector) $u$, the probability of measurement outcome $x$ is given by: + +$$ +p(x)=\|M_xu\|^2 +$$ + +After the measurement, the state of the system is given by: + +$$ +v=\frac{M_xu}{\|M_xu\|} +$$ + +Note that to make sense of this definition, the collection of measurement operators $\{M_x\}$ must satisfy the **completeness** requirement: + +$$ +1=\sum_{x\in X} p(x)=\sum_{x\in X}\|M_xu\|^2=\sum_{x\in X}\langle M_xu,M_xu\rangle=\langle u,(\sum_{x\in X}M_x^*M_x)u\rangle +$$ + +So $\sum_{x\in X}M_x^*M_x=I$. + +An example of measurement is the projective measurements (von Neumann measurements). + +It is given by the set of orthogonal projections $M_x$ on $\mathscr{H}$ with the property: + +1. $M_x=M_x^*$ +2. $M_xM_y=\delta_{xy}M_x$ for all $x,y\in X$ +3. $\sum_{x\in X}M_x=I$ + +#### Composition of measurements + +Given two complete collections of measurement operators $\{M_x\}$ and $\{N_y\}$ on $\mathscr{H}_1$ and $\mathscr{H}_2$ respectively, the composition of the two measurements is given by the collection of measurement operators $\{M_xN_y\}$ on $\mathscr{H}_1\otimes\mathscr{H}_2$. + +#### Proposition of indistinguishability + +Suppose that we have two system $u_1,u_2\in \mathscr{H}_1$, the two states are distinguishable if and only if they are orthogonal. + +Ways to distinguish the two states: + +1. set $X=\{0,1,2\}$ and $M_i=|u_i\rangle\langle u_i|$, $M_0=I-M_1-M_2$ +2. then $\{M_0,M_1,M_2\}$ is a complete collection of measurement operators on $\mathscr{H}$. +3. suppose the prepared state is $u_1$, then $p(1)=\|M_1u_1\|^2=\|u_1\|^2=1$, $p(2)=\|M_2u_1\|^2=0$, $p(0)=\|M_0u_1\|^2=0$. + +If they are not orthogonal, then there are no choice of measurement operators to distinguish the two states. + +[Proof ignored here] + +_intuitively, if the two states are not orthogonal, then for any measurement there exists non-zero probability of getting the same outcome for both states._ + ### Quantum operations and CPTP maps ### Conditional operations @@ -279,3 +353,4 @@ The set of orthogonal projections on $\mathscr{H}$, $\mathscr{P}(\mathscr{H})$, ## Section 4: Quantum automorphisms and dynamics +Section ignored. \ No newline at end of file