Module 2 : The Early History of Spin, Quantum Mechanics of Spin

Lecture 3: Quantum Mechanics of Spin


The Eigenvalues of the Pauli spin matrices are ±1. We now evaluate the corresponding Eigenvectors that we denote as |±>.

Matrix σz:

The Eigenvectors of σz must satisfy the conditions

Matrix σx:
The Eigenvectors of σx must satisfy the conditions

Matrix σy:
The Eigenvectors of σy must satisfy the conditions

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