Homework 8 exercise 2 probabilities

Re: Homework 8 exercise 2 probabilities

par Nicolas Macris,
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Hi,

If you computed the four possible outcomes, you have computed the projection P |psi> where

P is the appropriate projector and |psi> the initial state.

The probability of this outcome is then <psi| P |psi>.

Note that since P^2=P for a projector this is also equal to <psi| P^2|psi> and so it suffices to compute the norm of P|psi>.

Hope this clarifies