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![Consider the Pauli matrices
0, = (
1
%3D
Oy
(a) Verify that o? = o3 = o? = 1, where I is a unit matrix
(b) Calculate the commutators[0, 0,]. [0x, o2] and[0y,0z].
(c) Calculate the anticommutator o0y + OyOx](https://content.bartleby.com/qna-images/question/09dc543f-41bc-4f56-8350-eee2bd6f281b/74a6b1ab-38ab-47dd-90a8-973c5911d06a/t4zus2o_thumbnail.png)
Transcribed Image Text:Consider the Pauli matrices
0, = (
1
%3D
Oy
(a) Verify that o? = o3 = o? = 1, where I is a unit matrix
(b) Calculate the commutators[0, 0,]. [0x, o2] and[0y,0z].
(c) Calculate the anticommutator o0y + OyOx
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