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Matt atkinson
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Homework Statement
Consider the following experiment: Alice and Bob each blindly draw a marble from a vase that contains one black and one white marble. Let’s call the state of the write marble [itex]|0〉[/itex] and the state of the black marble [itex]|1〉[/itex].
Consider what the state of Bob’s marble is when Alice finds a white marble
Homework Equations
The Attempt at a Solution
So I found the mixed state of Bob and alice's particle to be:
[tex] \rho=\frac{1}{2}|0,1\rangle \langle0,1|+\frac{1}{2}|1,0\rangle \langle1,0|[/tex]
And i know that finding a white marble can be described in the following way:
[tex] \rho^B=\frac{Tr_A(|0\rangle_A\langle0|\rho)}{Tr(|0\rangle_A\langle0|\rho)} [/tex]
where [itex]Tr_A [/itex] is the partial trace w.r.t Alice's system.
And just by reasoning i know the answer should be [itex]|1\rangle\langle1|[/itex] but I am struggling to prove that by solving the above equation.
Here's my attempt:
[tex] \rho^B=\frac{Tr_A(|0\rangle_A\langle0|(|0,1\rangle \langle0,1|+|1,0\rangle \langle1,0|))}{Tr(|0\rangle_A\langle0|(|0,1\rangle \langle0,1|+|1,0\rangle \langle1,0|))} [/tex]
[tex] \rho^B=\frac{Tr_A(|0\rangle_A\langle0|(|0\rangle \langle0| \otimes |1\rangle \langle1|+|1\rangle \langle1|\otimes|0\rangle \langle0|))}{Tr(|0\rangle_A\langle0|(|0\rangle \langle0| \otimes |1\rangle \langle1|+|1\rangle \langle1|\otimes|0\rangle \langle0|))} [/tex]
But I am not quite sure where to go from there, I am a little inexperienced using Braket notation so any pointers would be greatly appreciated.