Quantum Theology2

QUANTUM THEOLOGY : M. M. NINAN
uniquely defined. Notice that all interactive coordinates of all
properties must be defined if the state function is to be complete.
3.2 Observables, non-Observables and Hermeticity
For every observable, there is an associated operator which
operating on the State function extracts the observable. This
extracted value will be one of the possible values of the system.
There is a special class of operators that are called Hermitian
operators. They are of particular importance in quantum
mechanics because they have the property that all of their
eigenvalues are real (and does not contain an imaginary part).
This is convenient for the measurement outcome of any
experiment must be a real number. There are non-Hermitian
operators, but they do not correspond to observable properties.
All observable properties are represented by Hermitian
operators, but not all Hermitian operators correspond to an
observable property. The presence of the imaginary terms will
indicate that there are other dimensions involved and we are
observing only a projection of the state into the real world.
Unless we have the complete picture in all dimensions, our
understanding will be only partial.
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