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Equation (1b) is the only relation consistent with both eq. (2) and eq. (3b).
The possibility that this point could, in principle, be of importance was noted byAharonov, in conjunction with whom possible phase measurement processes are being investigated.
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This is obvious from a consideration of the effect on the possible maximum of the expression (13) of decreasing eachf(n).
This example was suggested byY. Aharonov.
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Part of this work was done with the support of the U.S. Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Acrospace Research, while the author was on leave at Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.
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Lerner, E.C. Harmonic-oscillator phase operators. Nuovo Cimento B (1965-1970) 56, 183–186 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02711966
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