Equation 98 · Part 4 · The Atlas That Refuses to Close

Symbol i

\langle f|\sigma_z|\psi\rangle = \tfrac12(1+i)

i

What this part means

i is one of the signed contributions combined to compute the quantity on the left.

Its job in the formula

i is one of the signed contributions combined to compute the quantity on the left.

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The passage around this formula

1 ( ∣ ↑ ⟩ + i ∣ ↓ ⟩) . Then $\langle$ f| $\psi$ $\rangle$ = $\tfrac12(1-i)$ and $\langle$ f| $\sigma_z$ | $\psi$ $\rangle$ = $\tfrac12(1+i)$ , so the weak value of $\sigma_z$ is

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Sources cited in the article section

[11] How the Result of a Measurement of a Component of the Spin of a Spin-1/2 Particle Can Turn Out to Be 100 ↗

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