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Heisenberg picture

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Heisenberg picture (plural Heisenberg pictures)

(quantum mechanics) A formulation of quantum mechanics in which the operators (observables and others) incorporate a dependency on time, but the state vectors are time-independent, an arbitrary fixed basis rigidly underlying the theory. It stands in contrast to the Schrödinger picture in which the operators are constant, and further serves to define a third, hybrid picture, the interaction picture.
Synonym: Heisenberg representation

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Alternatively, the Heisenberg picture can be used where the time dependence is in the operators rather than in the states. Source: Internet

Taking adjoint maps in the Heisenberg picture, the success condition becomes : for all observable O on Bob's system. Source: Internet

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