State Vector


state vector

[′stāt ‚vek·tər] (computer science) task descriptor (control systems) A column vector whose components are the state variables of a system. (quantum mechanics) A vector in Hilbert space which corresponds to the state of a quantum-mechanical system.

State Vector

 

a quantity that plays the same role in quantum theory as does the wave function. The square of the absolute value (modulus) of a state vector indicates the probability of the state.