Comment on “Non-representative Quantum Mechanical Weak Values”

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Foundations of Physics 47 (4):467-470 (2017)
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Svensson argued that the concept of the weak value of an observable of a pre- and post-selected quantum system cannot be applied when the expectation value of the observable in the initial state vanishes. Svensson’s argument is analyzed and shown to be inconsistent using several examples.

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Lev Vaidman
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Non-representative Quantum Mechanical Weak Values.B. E. Y. Svensson - 2015 - Foundations of Physics 45 (12):1645-1656.

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