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What is the physical meaning of weak expectation values?
In the two-state formalism of Yakir Aharanov, the weak expectation value of an operator $A$ is $\frac{\langle \chi | A | \psi \rangle}{\langle \chi | \psi \rangle}$. This can have bizarre properties. ...
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Compatible Observables
My QM book says that when two observables are compatible, then the order in which we carry out measurements is irrelevant.
When you carry out a measurement corresponding to an operator $A$, the ...
