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arxiv: 1403.2362 · v3 · pith:7G4WOYNPnew · submitted 2014-03-10 · 🪐 quant-ph

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

classification 🪐 quant-ph
keywords coinpost-selectionpre-quantumvaluesweakanomalousbackaction
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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 post-selection. This provides evidence that weak values are not inherently quantum, but rather a purely statistical feature of pre- and post-selection with disturbance.

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