Quantum Measurement (Hardcover)

Introduction.- Part I Mathematics.- Rudiments of Hilbert Space Theory.- Classes of Compact Operators.- Operator Integrals and Spectral Representations: the Bounded Case.- Operator Integrals and Spectral Representations: the Unbounded Case.- Miscellaneous Algebraic and Functional Analytic Techniques.- Dilation Theory.- Positive Operator Measures: Examples.- Part II Elements.- States, Effects and Observables.- Measurement.- Joint Measurability.- Preparation Uncertainty.- Measurement Uncertainty.- Part III Realisations.- Qubits.- Position and Momentum.- Number and Phase.- Time and Energy.- State Reconstruction.- Measurement Implementations.- Part IV Foundations.- Bell Inequalities and Incompatibility.- Measurement Limitations due to Conservation Laws.- Measurement Problem.- Axioms for Quantum Mechanics.- Index.