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Equation 90 · Part 3 · The Atlas That Refuses to Close

Symbol hat A

Aw=⟨f∣A^∣ψ⟩⟨f∣ψ⟩,A_w = \frac{\langle f|\hat A|\psi\rangle}{\langle f|\psi\rangle},
A^\hat A

What this part means

the weak value of any observable.

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hat A occurs above the fraction bar. The numerator is divided by the entire denominator below it.

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The weak value of any observable A^\hat A , position among them, conditioned on that postselection is Aw=⟨f∣A^∣ψ⟩⟨f∣ψ⟩A_w = \frac{\langle f|\hat A|\psi\rangle}{\langle f|\psi\rangle}.

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…from all four above before using it. Prepare a system in a state |ψ\psi⟩\rangle , couple it weakly to a pointer, and then postselect on a final state |f⟩\rangle measured after the coupling. The weak value of any observable A^\hat A , position among them, conditioned on that postselection is Aw=⟨f∣A^∣ψ⟩⟨f∣ψ⟩A_w = \frac{\langle f|\hat A|\psi\rangle}{\langle f|\psi\rangle}. introduced by Aharonov, Albert, and Vaidman as the quantity a weakly coupled pointer’s mean shift actually reports, to leading order in the coupling strength, once the postselection has been performed [ 11 ] .…

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