Geometrical description of quantal state determination

Abstract

Under the assumption that every quantal measurement may give data about the post-measurement state of the inspected ensemble, the problem of the state determination is reconsidered. It is shown that orthogonal decomposition of the set of complex, n*n, Hermitian matrices into the commutative subsets allows operators to be found such that post-measurement information on these observables allows a partial (in some cases total) determination of the pre-measurement state to be effected.