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How much state assignments can differ

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

We derive necessary and sufficient conditions for a group of density matrices to characterize what different people may know about one and the same physical system.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0109041,
  title  = {How much state assignments can differ},
  author = {Todd A. Brun and J. Finkelstein and N. David Mermin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0109041},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

4 pages, no figures. Minor revisions. Accepted for publication in Physical Review A