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- 1.
- Every single system has a wave function
(x, t).
- 2.
- Every observable is represented by a Hermitean operator
.
- 3.
- The expectation value (average outcome of a measurement) is given by

(x)*

(x)
dx
- 4.
- The outcome of an individual experiment can be any of the eigenvalues
of
.
Let me take each of these in turn.