Ramsay's error is <a,e,+|a,o,+> = 0

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From: Jack Sarfatti
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 06:28

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Ramsay writes:

"In order for the evolution to be unitary, we must have <a,e,+|a,o,+> = 0."

Why? Both |a,e,+> and |a,o,+> are identical in spin space and they both
evolve to |h>.  In fact

<a,e,+|a.o.+> = e^ix

Ramsay is confused. The proper orthogonality relations are:

<a,e,+|a,e,-> = 0

<a,o,+|a,o,-> = 0

I will comment on the rest of Ramsay's reamrks in another posting.

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