Reply to Svensson: Quantum Violations of the Pigeonhole Principle

Authors

Yakir Aharonov, Chapman UniversityFollow
Fabrizio Colombo, Politecnico di Milano
S. Popescu, Chapman University
Irene Sabadini, Politecnico di Milano
Daniele C. Struppa, Chapman UniversityFollow
Jeff Tollaksen, Chapman UniversityFollow

Document Type

Response or Comment

Publication Date

5-20-2016

Abstract

"In our paper in PNAS (1), we describe a quantum violation of the pigeonhole principle. We describe a situation (involving pre- and postselection) in which we put three particles in two boxes and we never find two particles in the same box. We presented both a 'strong measurement' analysis and a 'weak measurement' one. In his comment, Svensson (2) makes two points. The first refers to our strong measurement experiment and the second to the weak measurement one."

Comments

This response was originally published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in 2016. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1602477113

Recommended Citation

Aharonov, Y., Colombo, F., Popescu, S., Sabadini, I., Struppa, D.C., Tollaksen, J., 2016. Reply to Svensson: Quantum violations of the pigeonhole principle. PNAS 201602477. doi:10.1073/pnas.1602477113

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National Academy of Sciences