Abstract
We illustrate two simple spin examples which show that in the consistent histories approach to quantum mechanics one can retrodict with certainty incompatible or contradictory propositions corresponding to non-orthogonal or, respectively, orthogonal projections.
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Peruzzi, G., Rimini, A. Incompatible and Contradictory Retrodictions in the History Approach to Quantum Mechanics. Found Phys Lett 11, 201–207 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022414616761
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