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The Projection Postulate of Quantum Mechanics (5 minutes)
- Write on the board:
“After a measurement of some observable $\hat{A}$ that yields the result $a_{n}$, the quantum system is in a new state that is the normalized projection of the original system ket onto the ket (or kets) corresponding to the result of the measurement.”
- Be sure to mention that $a_{n}$ is some eigenvalue of the matrix $\hat{A}$.