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Positive Operator Measures: Examples

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In this chapter we discuss some common examples of semispectral measures and their natural dilations.

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Busch, P., Lahti, P., Pellonpää, JP., Ylinen, K. (2016). Positive Operator Measures: Examples. In: Quantum Measurement. Theoretical and Mathematical Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43389-9_8

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