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c)

Now write,

Use the properties of the Hermitian inner product to show that if we then take , we get a purely real number, whereas if we take we get a purely imaginary number. Do not use any specific properties of the or operators in this step!

Hence show,

and thus



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Thu Oct 12 17:08:44 EDT 1995