Operator-valued measures are mathematical functions that assign to each measurable set an operator on a Hilbert space, typically in the context of functional analysis. These measures extend the classical notion of measures by incorporating operators, enabling a richer structure for dealing with unbounded self-adjoint operators. They play a crucial role in functional calculus, allowing us to define spectral measures that help analyze the behavior of these operators through integration.
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