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The weird formalism of QM is introduced, at first in the context of finite-dimensional Hilbert spaces, where the known theorems of Linear Algebra hold. The qubit is used as an example.
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Schwindt, JM. (2016). Formalism I: Finite-Dimensional Hilbert Spaces. In: Conceptual Basis of Quantum Mechanics. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24526-3_2
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