We will study the time-evolution of a finite dimensional quantum system. To this end, let us consider a quantum mechanical system with the Hilbert space . We denote by |0⟩ and |1⟩ the standard basis elements and . Let the Hamiltonian of the system in this basis be given by
and assume that for the state of the system is just given by . In the following, we also assume natural units in which .
We expand the state at time t in the basis |0⟩, |1⟩ so:
Problems: Use Schrödinger's equation in order to derive a differential equations for :
(i) Find a solution given the initial conditions.
(ii) What is the probability that the system can be measured in |1⟩ at some time t?
How do you call this system?
Is there a specific name for a dynamical system that depends on the relative indexation for some k? For example, consider the following dynamical system defined on a ring of cells by
for each cell i, where the derivative is with respect to time t.
The main reason I ask this is because I won't to compare this kind of systems with systems involving spatial coordinates, u(x,t), as in reaction-diffusion equations.
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