Equation 91 · Part 2 · The Atlas That Refuses to Close
subscript
subscript
What this part means
The lower label selects a particular version, component, or indexed member of the quantity. For example, x₀ and xₜ can be values at different positions.
Its job in the formula
A subscript distinguishes a version, component, step, or member of a quantity. It does not automatically mean multiplication.
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The passage around this formula
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 ] . is not an eigenvalue of , not an expectation value in the ordinary sense, and not guaranteed to be real: it is built from an amplitude ratio over a sub-ensemble selected by an event, the postselection, that has not yet happened at the time the weak coupling acts.
Learn the underlying idea
A subscript is a label attached below a symbol. It often selects a time step, component, category, or member of a sequence.
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Sources cited in the surrounding passage
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