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Primer on quantum weirdness

URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08329v1
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2024 18:06:02 GMT
Title: Primer on quantum weirdness
Authors: R. D. Hazeltine,
Abstract summary: We assume knowledge of basic quantum mechanics. We explicate ideas as projectors, density operators, Bell inequalities, entanglement and the Lindblad equation.
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License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
Abstract: We introduce the key ideas and mathematical tools central to modern discussions of collapse. We assume knowledge of basic quantum mechanics -- the Schr\"{o}dinger evolution of states in Hilbert space, the Born probability rule, the Dirac formalism, and so on -- while explicating such ideas as projectors, density operators, Bell inequalities, entanglement and the Lindblad equation. In other words this work is a \emph{primer} in the simplest sense of that word: without taking a stand on the major questions, it is intended to make an enormous and growing body of research more accessible.

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