Tag: measurement

Operators and Observables: From Hermitian Operators and Commutators to the Uncertainty RelationWhy observables are represented by Hermitian operators, derived from the reality of expectation values; the meaning of the canonical commutation relation, a proof of Heisenberg's principle via Robertson's inequality, and measurement as projection.PhysicsQuantum MechanicsUndergraduatequantum mechanics Hermitian operators commutation relations uncertainty principle measurement~33 min