Physical Review · 1961 · 134 citations · 3 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsQuantum MechanicsDensity Matrix FormalismEigenvalue ProblemsMatrix StructureDensity MatricesDensity MatrixDensity Of StatesDensity OperatorsEigenvaluesIdentical Particle CorrelationsQuantum Density MatrixStatistical Mechanics Of Identical Particles
For a system of $N$ identical particles in a pure bound state, the density matrices of positive orders $p$ and $N\ensuremath{-}p$ have the same nonzero eigenvalues with the same multiplicities. If the number of nonzero eigenvalues is finite, these density matrices are unitarily equivalent.
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