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Measurement in quantum mechanics - Measurable quantities observables as operators.
An observable quantity is represented mathematically by a Hermitian operator. The set of the operator's eigenvalues represent the set of possible definite result values which might be obtained as a result of the measurement. For each eigenvalue there is a corresponding eigenstate (or "eigenvector"), which will be the state of the system after the measurement. This representation is possible and appropriate because
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Measurement in quantum mechanics - What physical interaction constitutes a measurement?.
Until the advent of quantum decoherence theory in the late 20th century, a major conceptual problem of quantum mechanics and especially the Copenhagen interpretation was the lack of a distinctive criterion for a given physical interaction to qualify as "a measurement" and cause a wavefunction to collapse. This best illustrated by the Schrödinger's cat paradox.
Major philosophical and metaphysical questions surround th ...
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