Timeline for Physical meaning of $Tr(\rho ^2)$
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| Mar 30, 2016 at 11:56 | comment | added | Martin | @NorbertSchuch: You are right. I overread that in the original question. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 11:33 | comment | added | Norbert Schuch | @Martin But I understand the OP understands this. He wants some interpretation "beyond that" (whatever that might be -- I'm not saying that the question makes sense, I just don't feel that this provides an answer). | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 8:52 | comment | added | Martin | It does: Pure states are 1, therefore it measures some degree of "purity". | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 7:35 | comment | added | joshphysics | It's not clear to me how this constitutes an interpretation of the quantity $\mathrm{tr}(\rho^2)$. | |
| Mar 30, 2016 at 7:30 | review | Low quality answers | |||
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| Mar 30, 2016 at 7:05 | history | answered | d_b | CC BY-SA 3.0 |