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Quantum Information: Systems, Their States, and the Use of Variances

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Quantum information mobilizes the description of quantum systems, their states, and their behavior. Since a measurement postulate introduced by von Neumann in 1932, if a quantum system has been prepared in two different mixed states represented by the same density operator these preparations are said to have led to the same mixture. For more than 50 years, there has been a lack of consensus about this postulate. In a 2011 article, considering variances of spin components, Fratini and Hayrapetyan tried to show that this postulate is unjustified. The aim of the present paper is to discuss major points in this 2011 article and in their reply to a 2012 paper by Bodor and Diosi claiming that their analysis was irrelevant. Facing some ambiguities or inconsistencies in the 2011 paper and in the reply, we first try to guess their aim, establish results useful in this context, and finally discuss the use or misuse of several concepts implied in this debate.
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hal-04590797 , version 1 (30-05-2024)

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Alain Deville, Yannick Deville. Quantum Information: Systems, Their States, and the Use of Variances. Information, 2024, 15 (5), pp.247. ⟨10.3390/info15050247⟩. ⟨hal-04590797⟩
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