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arxiv: 1905.13501 · v1 · pith:E3XUZVIMnew · submitted 2019-05-31 · 🪐 quant-ph

Pre- and post-selection paradoxes in quantum walks

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keywords quantumparadoxeswalksclassicalcontextualitynon-classicalitypost-selectionpre-
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Many features of single-partite quantum walks can be simulated by classical waves. However, it was recently experimentally shown that some temporal sequences of measurements on a quantum walker do not admit a classical description in terms of macro-realistic theories. Here, we extend this observation and present pre- and post-selection scenarios in quantum walks leading to logical paradoxes. Such paradoxes were recently shown to be equivalent to proofs of contextuality, therefore we provide an additional argument for non-classicality of a quantum walk model. The assumptions behind the claims of non-classicality (including contextuality and violations of macro-realism) are also discussed.

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