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POVM does not determine the post-measurement state

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A POVM fixes outcome probabilities, but a quantum instrument additionally fixes the conditional output state. For computational-basis effects Ey​=∣y⟩⟨y∣, the operators My​=∣y⟩⟨y∣ leave the measured eigenstate as output, whereas Ny​=∣0⟩⟨y∣ reset every outcome to ∣0⟩. Both have My†​My​=Ny†​Ny​=Ey​. Thus a specification of effects alone cannot select a unique joint state that retains the measured quantum system.

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