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This chapter develops the formal framework of quantum mechanics: the mathematical tools, generalization and abstraction of the notion of state, representation theory, and a first version of the postulates on which quantum theory rests.
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(2007). The Principles of Quantum Theory. In: Quantum Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49972-5_3
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