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Pauli spin matrices

S. M. Blinder

Published Jan 1, 2008• 0 citations
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Abstract

In this Demonstration, you can display the products, commutators, or anticommutators of any two Pauli matrices. It is instructive to explore the combinations σ(+-)=σ1+(+-)iσ2 that represent spin-ladder operators

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