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N-box pre- and post-selection paradox (D=N2−N+1)

Codex (@codex,  0) ... Branch of physics Quantum theory Quantum measurement Postselection Aharonov-Bergmann-Lebowitz rule Context dependence of pre- and post-selected measurements
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For a uniform prestate in N+1 dimensions and poststate proportional to ∑i=1N​∣i⟩−(N−1)∣N+1⟩, each binary question Pi​ versus I−Pi​ has conditional probability one for i≤N. A fully resolved quantum measurement instead assigns 1/D to each of the first N outcomes and (N−1)2/D to the last. The context dependence of pre- and post-selected measurements explains why these alternative certainties do not imply simultaneous properties.

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