Are observables necessarily Hermitian?

DOI10.1007/S40509-016-0098-2zbMath1387.81217arXiv1601.04287OpenAlexW2344596259MaRDI QIDQ1701535

Peng Zhang

Publication date: 27 February 2018

Published in: Quantum Studies: Mathematics and Foundations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.04287

zbMATH Keywords

normal operatorquantum measurementnon-Hermitian observable

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hermitian and normal operators (spectral measures, functional calculus, etc.) (47B15) Selfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory, including spectral analysis (81Q10) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Nonselfadjoint operator theory in quantum theory including creation and destruction operators (81Q12)

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