Solution

ID: past-exam-of-the-quantum-theory-course-of-the-university-of-oxford/2017/3/b/iv/solution

Use the normalized eigenstates from part (ii). The quantum state found in part (iii) has the decomposition
There is no component. Equivalently, its inner product with contains . The Born rule therefore gives
For completeness the only outcomes are , each with probability . Thus does not mean that zero is a possible result in this state: its quantum uncertainty in is , even though is exactly zero.

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