Equation 93 · The Atlas That Refuses to Close
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the preselect a spin-one-half system along. Read the equation part by part below; each part has a contextual explanation and a link to its mathematical background.
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An exact two-level calculation shows how far this can depart from the intuitive picture. Preselect a spin-one-half system along x , | = , and postselect along y , |f = . Then f| = and f|| = , so the weak value of is
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