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Incompatible and contradictory retrodictions in the history approach to quantum mechanics

1997/10/31 by Giulio Peruzzi, Alberto Rimini
Physics and Astronomy · #quant-ph

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published as Found.Phys.Lett. 11 (1998) 201-207 · 4 pages, RevTeX, 3 diagrams processed by TeX

arxiv created 1997/11/07 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We illustrate two simple spin examples which show that in the consistent histories approach to quantum mechanics one can retrodict with certainty incompatible or contradictory propositions corresponding to non-orthogonal or, respectively, orthogonal projections. V.2 vs. V1: The example previously quoted as "d'Espagnat's example" is now properly quoted as "Griffiths' example". A reference to a previous work by Aharonov and Vaidman is added.

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