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- Organization: Penn State University
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 08:48:02 EST
- From: <MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Message-ID: <92328.084802MRG3@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Newsgroups: sci.physics,alt.sci.physics.new-theories
- Subject: Re: Quantum paradox? Local Hamiltonian dynamics contradicts linear ope
- References: <By58u2.96p@well.sf.ca.us>
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- In article <By58u2.96p@well.sf.ca.us>, sarfatti@well.sf.ca.us (Jack Sarfatti)
- says:
- >
- >Sarfatti Lectures in Super Physics (Lecture 4)
- >
- >A paradox in standard quantum mechanics?
- >
- >Suppose we have a coherent superposition
- >
- >|i> = |1><1|i> + |2><2|i>
- >
- ><1|2> = 0
- >
- ><1|1> = <2|2> = <i|i> = 1
- >
- >but suppose |1> and |2> have no common support in x-space. Thus, whenever
- ><x|1> not zero <x|2> is zero and vice versa. For example the e and o beams
- >from a calcite doubly refracting crystal.
-
- NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
- This is very bad linear algebra, equivalent to saying whenever a vector
- in two dimensions has a non-zero x component, its y component must be
- zero.
-
- Whenever |<x|1>| is not 1 |<x|2>| is not zero, and whenever |<x|1>| is 1
- then |<x|2>| is zero. but the statement above is absolutely wrong
- -mike gallis
-