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On the bizarre results of weak measurements

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Il Nuovo Cimento B (1971-1996)

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The behaviour of probability in the spin-(1/2) weak measurement is studied. It is argued that there is no possibility of obtaining surprising results.

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Work supported in part by the Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Trieste.

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Weber, T. On the bizarre results of weak measurements. Nuov Cim B 106, 1151–1157 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02728360

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