On Saturday, November 17, 2018 at 7:39:14 PM UTC, [email protected] wrote: > > If you write a superposition as a sum of eigenstates, why is it important, > or relevant, or even true that the component states are coherent since > eigenstates with distinct eigenvalues are orthogonal. This means there is > no interference between the components of the superposition. AG >
Put another way; from what I've read, coherence among components of a superposition is necessary to guarantee interference, but since an eigenstate expansion of the superposition consists of orthogonal, non interfering eigenstates, the requirement of coherence seems unnecessary. AG -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/everything-list. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
