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Solution to the King's problem with observables being not mutually complementary

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We investigate the King's problem of the measurement of operators nkσ(k=1,2,3)\vec{n}_k \nobreak \cdot \nobreak \vec{\sigma} (k=1,2,3) instead of the three Cartesian components σx\sigma_x, σy\sigma_y and σz\sigma_z of the spin operator σ\vec{\sigma}. Here, nk\vec{n}_k are three-dimensional real unit vectors. We show the condition over three vectors nk\vec{n}_k to ascertain the result for measurement of any one of these operators.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0410206,
  title  = {Solution to the King's problem with observables being not mutually complementary},
  author = {Minoru Horibe and Akihisa Hayashi and Takaaki Hashimoto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0410206},
  year   = {2009}
}

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7 pages