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Selective quantum measurement (ρi​=Ai​ρAi†​/pi​)

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A selective measurement in quantum mechanics conditions on a known outcome. For Kraus operator Ai​, the Born rule gives pi​=Tr(Ai†​Ai​ρ) and the conditional density operator is Ai​ρAi†​/pi​ when pi​>0. Conditioning changes the state and can change the conditional reduced density matrix of a correlated remote system. That conditional state is available as such only to an observer with the outcome information.

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