Abstract
In the formalism of quantum mechanics we always find two statements which refer to the term ‘measurement’ and which are generally regarded as basic postulates of quantum mechanics, namely:
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If a measurement of the observabl is made upon a system which is one of the eigenstates of the observable, then it will give as result the corresponding eigenvalue, and the state of the system will unaltered by the measurement; and
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If a measurement of an observable is performed on a system, the state vector of the system will be transformed into one of the eigenstates of the observale.
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Nagasaka, GI. (1984). Quantum Theory of Measurement: A Non-Quantum Mechanical Approach. In: Cohen, R.S., Wartofsky, M.W. (eds) Physical Sciences and History of Physics. Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science, vol 82. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7178-3_8
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