LIMITATIONS OF THE PROJECTION POSTULATE

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BALLENTINE, LE
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[1] Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, V5A 1S6, B.C.
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10.1007/BF01883489
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O4 [物理学];
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The projection postulate, which prescribes "collapse of the state vector" upon measurement, is not an essential part of quantum mechanics. Rather it is only an optional discarding of certain branches of the state vector that are expected to be irrelevant for the purpose at hand. However, its use is hazardous, and there are examples of repeated measurements for which the conventional application of the projection postulate leads to incorrect results. © 1990 Plenum Publishing Corporation.
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