Mixture

A mixture of states is an convex combination of states, i.e.


ρ = ∑jpjρj
where


jpj = 1
and the pj ≥ 0 are real.

Physically this corresponds having state ρj with probability pj.

All mixed states can be written as a mixture of pure states.

See also

Category:Quantum States Category:Mathematical Structure

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