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单词 State
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A state Ψ on a C*-algebra A is a positive linear functionalMathworldPlanetmathΨ:A, Ψ(a*a)0 for all aA, with unit norm.The norm of a positive linear functional is defined by

Ψ=supaA{|Ψ(a)|:a1}.(1)

For a unital C*-algebra, Ψ=Ψ(1I).

The space of states is a convex set.Let Ψ1 and Ψ2 be states, then the convex combination

λΨ1+(1-λ)Ψ2,λ[0,1],(2)

is also a state.

A state is pure if it is not a convex combination of two other states.Pure states are the extreme points of the convex set of states.A pure state on a commutative C*-algebra is equivalentMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath to a characterMathworldPlanetmath.

A state is called a tracial state if it is also a trace.

When a C*-algebra is represented on a Hilbert spaceMathworldPlanetmath ,every unit vectorMathworldPlanetmath ψ determines a (not necessarily pure) state in the form of an expectation value,

Ψ(a)=ψ,aψ.(3)

In physics, it is common to refer to such states by their vector ψ rather than the linear functionalMathworldPlanetmathPlanetmath Ψ.The converseMathworldPlanetmath is not always true; not every state need be given byan expectation value.For example, delta functions (which are distributionsPlanetmathPlanetmathPlanetmath not functions)give pure states on C0(X),but they do not correspond to any vector in a Hilbert space(such a vector would not be square-integrable).

References

  • 1 G. Murphy, C*-Algebras and Operator Theory. Academic Press, 1990.
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