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===== First entanglement encounter, two qubit system =====
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===== Revisiting our Bell states and ur entanglement encounter, two qubit system =====
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We define a system that can be thought of as composed of two subsystems
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===== Examples of entanglement =====
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As an example, considere an ansatz for the ground state of the helium
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atom with two electrons in the lowest $1s$ state (hydrogen-like
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orbits) and with spin $s=1/2$ and spin projections $m_s=-1/2$ and
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$m_s=1/2$. The two single-particle states are given by the tensor
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products of their spatial $1s$ single-particle states
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$\vert\phi_{1s}\rangle$ and and their spin up or spin down spinors
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$\vert\xi_{sm_s}\rangle$. The ansatz for the ground state is given by a Slater
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determinant with total orbital momentum $L=l_1+l_2=0$ and totalt spin
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$S=s_1+s_2=0$, normally labeled as a spin-singlet state.
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===== Ground state of helium =====
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This ansatz
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\vert \psi_{i}\rangle = \vert\phi_{1s}\rangle_i\otimes \vert \xi\rangle_{s_im_{s_i}}=\vert 1s,s,m_s\rangle_i, \]
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with $i$ being electron $1$ or $2$, and the tensor product of the two single-electron states as
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$\vert 1s,s,m_s\rangle_1\vert 1s,s,m_s\rangle_2=\vert 1s,s,m_s\rangle_1\otimes \vert 1s,s,m_s\rangle_2$, we arrive at
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\Psi(\bm{r}_1,\bm{r}_2;s_1,s_2)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\left[\vert 1s,1/2,1/2\rangle_1\vert 1s,1/2,-1/2\rangle_2-\vert 1s,1/2,-1/2\rangle_1\vert 1s,1/2,1/2\rangle_2\right].
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This is also an example of a state which cannot be written out as a pure state. We call this for an entangled state as well.
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===== Entropies and density matrices =====
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===== Shannon information entropy =====
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We start our discussions with the classical information entropy, or
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to define the entropy based on the density matrices discussed earlier.
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We define a set of random variables $X=\{x_0,x_1,\dots,x_{n-1}\}$ with probability for an outcome $x\in X$ given by $p_X(x)$, the
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===== Von Neumann entropy =====
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_Note: more details on whiteboard. This material will be added later_
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===== Shannon information entropy =====
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===== Two-qubit system and calculation of density matrices and exercise =====

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