How the result of a single coin toss can turn out to be 100 heads

Ferrie, C; Combes, J

How the result of a single coin toss can turn out to be 100 heads

Ferrie, C

Combes, J

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Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Physical Review Letters, 2014, 113 (12)
Issue Date:: 2014-09-18

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dc.contributor.author	Ferrie, C https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2736-9943	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Combes, J	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014-09-18	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Physical Review Letters, 2014, 113 (12)	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0031-9007	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/118947
dc.description.abstract	© 2014 American Physical Society. We show that the phenomenon of anomalous weak values is not limited to quantum theory. In particular, we show that the same features occur in a simple model of a coin subject to a form of classical backaction with pre- and postselection. This provides evidence that weak values are not inherently quantum but rather a purely statistical feature of pre- and postselection with disturbance.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Physical Review Letters	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.120404	en_US
dc.subject.classification	General Physics	en_US
dc.title	How the result of a single coin toss can turn out to be 100 heads	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - QSI - Centre for Quantum Software and Information
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Abstract:

© 2014 American Physical Society. We show that the phenomenon of anomalous weak values is not limited to quantum theory. In particular, we show that the same features occur in a simple model of a coin subject to a form of classical backaction with pre- and postselection. This provides evidence that weak values are not inherently quantum but rather a purely statistical feature of pre- and postselection with disturbance.

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