2. Consider an arbitrary physical system whose four-dimensional state space is spanned by a basis of four eigenvectors l
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2. Consider an arbitrary physical system whose four-dimensional state space is spanned by a basis of four eigenvectors lj, mz) common to J2 and (j = 0 or 1; -j <m < +j), of eigenvalues j(j + 1)h2 and mzħ, such that: - = J£|j, mz) = ħVilj +1) – mz(m, 1)|j, m, £ 1) J+\j, j) = J_ \j, -j) = 0 = Consider a system in the normalized state: = = = = = |V) = a j = 1, m, = 1) + Blj = 1, m, = 0) +yj = 1, m, = -1) +81 j = 0, m, = 0) (ii) Calculate the probabilities of the various possible results of a measurement bearing only on the observable J,