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3. More About Direct Product Spaces 3

4. In the last topic, we asserted that the state vector of a many-particle system is an element of the direct product space formed from each of the individual single particle spaces. We also introduced the mathematical definition of the direct product of quantum mechanical state spaces. Here, we explore further some of the mathematical structure of direct products spaces, including how to take inner products, how to generate sets of basis vector, and how to construct useful operators for such spaces. Obviously, to take the inner product of two kets in the direct product space, we first need to define the corresponding elements of the dual space, i.e., the bras. 4

5. In the last topic, we asserted that the state vector of a many-particle system is an element of the direct product space formed from each of the individual single particle spaces. We also introduced the mathematical definition of the direct product of quantum mechanical state spaces. Here, we explore further some of the mathematical structure of direct products spaces, including how to take inner products, how to generate sets of basis vector, and how to construct useful operators for such spaces. Obviously, to take the inner product of two kets in the direct product space, we first need to define the corresponding elements of the dual space, i.e., the bras. 5

6. In the last topic, we asserted that the state vector of a many-particle system is an element of the direct product space formed from each of the individual single particle spaces. We also introduced the mathematical definition of the direct product of quantum mechanical state spaces. Here, we explore further some of the mathematical structure of direct products spaces, including how to take inner products, how to generate sets of basis vectors, and how to construct useful operators for such spaces. Obviously, to take the inner product of two kets in the direct product space, we first need to define the corresponding elements of the dual space, i.e., the bras. 6

7. In the last topic, we asserted that the state vector of a many-particle system is an element of the direct product space formed from each of the individual single particle spaces. We also introduced the mathematical definition of the direct product of quantum mechanical state spaces. Here, we explore further some of the mathematical structure of direct products spaces, including how to take inner products, how to generate sets of basis vectors, and how to construct useful operators for such spaces. Obviously, to take the inner product of two kets in the direct product space, we first need to define the corresponding elements of the dual space, i.e., the bras. 7

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19. For such a basis: give the orthonormality and completeness relations. Any state in the system can be expanded in such a basis in the usual way, i.e., 19

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21. For such a basis: and give the orthonormality and completeness relations. Any state in the system can be expanded in such a basis in the usual way, i.e., 21

22. For such a basis: and give the orthonormality and completeness relations. Any state in the system can be expanded in such a basis in the usual way, i.e., 22

23. For such a basis: and give the orthonormality and completeness relations. Any state in the system can be expanded in such a basis in the usual way, i.e., 23

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55. In the next subtopic, to provide a more concrete example, we consider how the quantum mechanical state space of a spinless particle moving in three dimensions can be viewed as a direct product of three spaces, each one describing a separate quantum mechanical degree of freedom, And how the state space of a spin-1/2 particle can similarly be viewed as direct product space Many of the rules that we have just developed will then be observed to be just the things that we would have done anyway, without even thinking about it. 55

56. In the next subtopic, to provide a more concrete example, we consider how the quantum mechanical state space of a spinless particle moving in three dimensions can be viewed as a direct product of three spaces, each one describing a separate quantum mechanical degree of freedom, And how the state space of a spin-1/2 particle can similarly be viewed as direct product space Many of the rules that we have just developed will then be observed to be just the things that we would have done anyway, without even thinking about it. 56

57. In the next subtopic, to provide a more concrete example, we consider how the quantum mechanical state space of a spinless particle moving in three dimensions can be viewed as a direct product of three spaces, each one describing a separate quantum mechanical degree of freedom, And how the state space of a spin-1/2 particle can similarly be viewed as direct product space Many of the rules that we have just developed will then be observed to be just the things that we would have done anyway, without even thinking about it. 57

58. In the next subtopic, to provide a more concrete example, we consider how the quantum mechanical state space of a spinless particle moving in three dimensions can be viewed as a direct product of three spaces, each one describing a separate quantum mechanical degree of freedom, And how the state space of a spin-1/2 particle can similarly be viewed as a direct product space Many of the rules that we have just developed will then be observed to be just the things that we would have done anyway, without even thinking about it. 58

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