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Homework Statement
my apologies if this question should be posted in the math forum
3-d space spanned by orthonormal basis: (kets) |1>, |2>, |3>. Ket |a> = i|1> - 2|2> - i|3>. Ket |b> = i|1> + 2|3>.
The question is to construct <a| and <b| in terms of the dual basis (kets 1,2,3)
Homework Equations
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The Attempt at a Solution
This is my first time seeing this kind of notation, and I am honestly not quite sure what the question is asking. I read that <a| is a linear function of vectors and that when it acts on a ket it produces a dot product. This also means that the bra can be seen as an instruction to integrate. In order to produce <a| would I integrate a*a?
thanks