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Wigner theorem

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Every bijection of pure-state rays that preserves transition probabilities is induced by either a unitary or an antiunitary operator on the Hilbert space.
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Projective unitary representation

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Wigner theorem
Because state vectors differing by a quantum phase represent the same ray, a unitary realization of a group action need only satisfy
U(g1​)U(g2​)=eiϕ(g1​,g2​)U(g1​g2​).
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