Common eigenstate of two angular-momentum components
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A common eigenstate of and must satisfy by their commutator. Applying the other angular-momentum commutators then forces both remaining eigenvalues to vanish. Thus the state lies in a spin-zero sector. Noncommuting components do not possess a general common eigenbasis, but spin-zero states are an important exception to the claim that they can never share any eigenstate.
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