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Past exam of the theoretical physics II course of the University of Cambridge 2019 4 e i Solution by
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The normalized singlet state has column vector in the specified product basis. Its outer product isIt obeys and has eigenvalues , hence purity of a density operator one. The joint two-atom system is therefore a pure state, even though the quantum entanglement prevents assigning a separate pure spin state to each atom.
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