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View SchemaThe Impossibility of the Counterfactual Computation for all Possible Outcomes
| Authors | Lev Vaidman |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0610174 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0610174 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.160403 |
Abstract
Recent proposal for counterfactual computation [Hosten et al., Nature, 439, 949 (2006)] is analyzed. It is argued that the method does not provide counterfactual computation for all possible outcomes. The explanation involves a novel paradoxical feature of pre- and post-selected quantum particles: the particle can reach a certain location without being on the path that leads to this location.
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