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. 2014 Sep 19;113(12):120404.
doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.113.120404. Epub 2014 Sep 18.

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

Christopher Ferrie  1 , Joshua Combes  1
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How the result of a single coin toss can turn out to be 100 heads

Christopher Ferrie et al. Phys Rev Lett. .

Abstract

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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