Bra-ket Notation in Quantum Mechanics

Bra Notation:

In linear algebra both column vectors and row vectors are used. The Dirac notation provides a symbol called a bra. It represents a row vector. The bras correspond to the kets [html]|0>[/html] and [html]|a>[/html] are:

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A vector v in a complex vector space V is denoted by a ket.

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A ket is analogous to a column vector. Since the vector space is complex, all terms in a column vector are complex numbers.