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>> On 1 Feb 2019, at 21:29, [email protected] wrote:
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>> On Friday, February 1, 2019 at 5:55:30 AM UTC-7, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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>>> On 31 Jan 2019, at 21:10, [email protected] wrote:
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>>> On Thursday, January 31, 2019 at 6:47:12 AM UTC-7, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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>>>> On 31 Jan 2019, at 01:28, [email protected] wrote:
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>>>> On Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 2:38:58 PM UTC-7, [email protected] 
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>>>>> On Wednesday, January 30, 2019 at 5:16:05 AM UTC-7, Bruno Marchal 
>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>> On 30 Jan 2019, at 02:59, [email protected] wrote:
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>>>>>> On Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 4:37:34 AM UTC-7, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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>>>>>>> On 28 Jan 2019, at 22:50, [email protected] wrote:
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>>>>>>> On Friday, January 25, 2019 at 7:33:05 AM UTC-7, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On 24 Jan 2019, at 09:29, [email protected] wrote:
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>>>>>>>> On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 11:54:43 AM UTC, [email protected]
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>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, January 20, 2019 at 9:56:17 AM UTC, Bruno Marchal wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> On 18 Jan 2019, at 18:50, [email protected] wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>> On Friday, January 18, 2019 at 12:09:58 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal 
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>>>>>>>>>>> On 17 Jan 2019, at 14:48, [email protected] wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 12:36:07 PM UTC, Bruno Marchal 
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On 17 Jan 2019, at 09:33, [email protected] wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>> On Thursday, January 17, 2019 at 3:58:48 AM UTC, Brent wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/16/2019 7:25 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>> On Monday, January 14, 2019 at 6:12:43 AM UTC, Brent wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 1/13/2019 9:51 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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>>>>>>>>>>>>>> This means, to me, that the arbitrary phase angles have 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> absolutely no effect on the resultant interference pattern which 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> observed. But isn't this what the phase angles are supposed to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> effect? AG
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The screen pattern is determined by *relative phase angles 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for the different paths that reach the same point on the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> screen*.  
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> The relative angles only depend on different path lengths, so 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the overall 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> phase angle is irrelevant.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Brent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> *Sure, except there areTWO forms of phase interference in Wave 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Mechanics; the one you refer to above, and another discussed in 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Stackexchange links I previously posted. In the latter case, the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wf is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> expressed as a superposition, say of two states, where we 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> consider two 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> cases; a multiplicative complex phase shift is included prior to 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the sum, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> and different complex phase shifts multiplying each component, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> all of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> form e^i (theta). Easy to show that interference exists in the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> latter case, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> but not the former. Now suppose we take the inner product of the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> wf with 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the ith eigenstate of the superposition, in order to calculate 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> probability of measuring the eigenvalue of the ith eigenstate, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> applying one 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> of the postulates of QM, keeping in mind that each eigenstate is 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> multiplied 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> by a DIFFERENT complex phase shift.  If we further assume the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> eigenstates 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> are mutually orthogonal, the probability of measuring each 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> eigenvalue does 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> NOT depend on the different phase shifts. What happened to the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> interference 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> demonstrated by the Stackexchange links? TIA, AG *
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Your measurement projected it out. It's like measuring which 
>>>>>>>>>>>>> slit the photon goes through...it eliminates the interference.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> Brent
>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> *That's what I suspected; that going to an orthogonal basis, I 
>>>>>>>>>>>> departed from the examples in Stackexchange where an arbitrary 
>>>>>>>>>>>> superposition is used in the analysis of interference. 
>>>>>>>>>>>> Nevertheless, isn't 
>>>>>>>>>>>> it possible to transform from an arbitrary superposition to one 
>>>>>>>>>>>> using an 
>>>>>>>>>>>> orthogonal basis? And aren't all bases equivalent from a linear 
>>>>>>>>>>>> algebra 
>>>>>>>>>>>> pov? If all bases are equivalent, why would transforming to an 
>>>>>>>>>>>> orthogonal 
>>>>>>>>>>>> basis lose interference, whereas a general superposition does not? 
>>>>>>>>>>>> TIA, AG*
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> I don’t understand this. All the bases we have used all the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> time are supposed to be orthonormal bases. We suppose that the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> scalar 
>>>>>>>>>>>> product (e_i e_j) = delta_i_j, when presenting the Born rule, and 
>>>>>>>>>>>> the 
>>>>>>>>>>>> quantum formalism.
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Bruno
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *Generally, bases in a vector space are NOT orthonormal. *
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Right. But we can always build an orthonormal base with a decent 
>>>>>>>>>>> scalar product, like in Hilbert space, 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> *For example, in the vector space of vectors in the plane, any 
>>>>>>>>>>> pair of non-parallel vectors form a basis. Same for any general 
>>>>>>>>>>> superposition of states in QM. HOWEVER, eigenfunctions with 
>>>>>>>>>>> distinct 
>>>>>>>>>>> eigenvalues ARE orthogonal.*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Absolutely. And when choosing a non degenerate 
>>>>>>>>>>> observable/measuring-device, we work in the base of its 
>>>>>>>>>>> eigenvectors. A 
>>>>>>>>>>> superposition is better seen as a sum of some eigenvectors of some 
>>>>>>>>>>> observable. That is the crazy thing in QM. The same particle can be 
>>>>>>>>>>> superposed in the state of being here and there. Two different 
>>>>>>>>>>> positions of 
>>>>>>>>>>> one particle can be superposed.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *This is a common misinterpretation. Just because a wf can be 
>>>>>>>>>> expressed in different ways (as a vector in the plane can be 
>>>>>>>>>> expressed in 
>>>>>>>>>> uncountably many different bases), doesn't mean a particle can exist 
>>>>>>>>>> in 
>>>>>>>>>> different positions in space at the same time. AG*
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> It has a non null amplitude of probability of being here and 
>>>>>>>>>> there at the same time, like having a non null amplitude of 
>>>>>>>>>> probability of 
>>>>>>>>>> going through each slit in the two slits experience.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If not, you can’t explain the inference patterns, especially in 
>>>>>>>>>> the photon self-interference.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Using a non orthonormal base makes only things more complex. 
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *I posted a link to this proof a few months ago. IIRC, it was on 
>>>>>>>>>>> its specifically named thread. AG*
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> But all this makes my point. A vector by itself cannot be 
>>>>>>>>>>> superposed, but can be seen as the superposition of two other 
>>>>>>>>>>> vectors, and 
>>>>>>>>>>> if those are orthonormal, that gives by the Born rule the 
>>>>>>>>>>> probability to 
>>>>>>>>>>> obtain the "Eigen result” corresponding to the measuring apparatus 
>>>>>>>>>>> with 
>>>>>>>>>>> Eigen vectors given by that orthonormal base.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> I’m still not sure about what you would be missing.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *You would be missing the interference! Do the math. Calculate 
>>>>>>>>>> the probability density of a wf expressed as a superposition of 
>>>>>>>>>> orthonormal 
>>>>>>>>>> eigenstates, where each component state has a different phase angle. 
>>>>>>>>>> All 
>>>>>>>>>> cross terms cancel out due to orthogonality,*
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ?  Sin(alpha) up + cos(alpha) down has sin^2(alpha) probability 
>>>>>>>>>> to be fin up, and cos^2(alpha) probability to be found down, but has 
>>>>>>>>>> probability one being found in the Sin(alpha) up + cos(alpha) down 
>>>>>>>>>> state, 
>>>>>>>>>> which would not be the case with a mixture of sin^2(alpha) 
>>>>>>>>>> proportion of up 
>>>>>>>>>> with cos^2(alpha) down particles.
>>>>>>>>>> Si, I don’t see what we would loss the interference terms.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> *and the probability density does not depend on the phase 
>>>>>>>>>> differences.  What you get seems to be the classical probability 
>>>>>>>>>> density. 
>>>>>>>>>> AG *
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> I miss something here. I don’t understand your argument. It seems 
>>>>>>>>>> to contradict basic QM (the Born rule). 
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> *Suppose we want to calculate the probability density of a 
>>>>>>>>> superposition consisting of orthonormal eigenfunctions, *
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Distinct eigenvalue correspond to orthonormal vector, so I tend to 
>>>>>>>> always superpose only orthonormal functions, related to those 
>>>>>>>> eigenvalue. 
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *each multiplied by some amplitude and some arbitrary phase shift. *
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> like  (a up + b down), but of course we need a^2 + b^2 = 1. You 
>>>>>>>> need to be sure that you have normalised the superposition to be able 
>>>>>>>> to 
>>>>>>>> apply the Born rule.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *If we take the norm squared using Born's Rule, don't all the cross 
>>>>>>>>> terms zero out due to orthonormality? *
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> ?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Born rule tell you that you will find up with probability a^2, 
>>>>>>>> and down with probability b^2
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *Aren't we just left with the SUM OF NORM SQUARES of each component 
>>>>>>>>> of the superposition? YES or NO?*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> If you measure in the base (a up + b down, a up -b down). In that 
>>>>>>>> case you get the probability 1 for the state above.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> * If YES, the resultant probability density doesn't depend on any 
>>>>>>>>> of the phase angles. AG*
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> *YES or NO? AG *
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Yes, if you measure if the state is a up + b down or a up - b down.
>>>>>>>> No, if you measure the if the state is just up or down
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Bruno
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *I assume orthNORMAL eigenfunctions. I assume the probability 
>>>>>>> densities sum to unity. Then, using Born's rule, I have shown that 
>>>>>>> multiplying each component by e^i(theta) where theta is arbitrarily 
>>>>>>> different for each component, disappears when the probability density 
>>>>>>> is 
>>>>>>> calculated, due to orthonormality. *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> That seems to violate elementary quantum mechanics. If e^I(theta) is 
>>>>>>> different for each components, Born rule have to give different 
>>>>>>> probabilities for each components---indeed given by the square of 
>>>>>>> e^I(theta).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *The norm squared of e^i(thetai) is unity, except for the cross terms 
>>>>>> which is zero due to orthonormality. AG *
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *What you've done, if I understand correctly, is measure the 
>>>>>>> probability density using different bases, and getting different 
>>>>>>> values. *
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The value of the relative probabilities do not depend on the choice 
>>>>>>> of the base used to describe the wave. Only of the base corresponding 
>>>>>>> to 
>>>>>>> what you decide to measure. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *This cannot be correct since the probability density is an 
>>>>>>> objective value, and doesn't depend on which basis is chosen. AG*
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Just do the math. Or read textbook. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *Why don't YOU do the math ! It's really simple. Just take the norm 
>>>>>> squared of a superposition of component eigenfunctions, each multiplied 
>>>>>> by 
>>>>>> a probability amplitude, and see what you get !  No need to multiply 
>>>>>> each 
>>>>>> component by e^i(thetai).  Each amplitude has a phase angle implied. 
>>>>>> This 
>>>>>> is Born's rule and the result doesn't depend on phase angles, 
>>>>>> contracting 
>>>>>> what Bruce wrote IIUC. If you would just do the simple calculation you 
>>>>>> will 
>>>>>> see what I am referring to! AG*
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bruce is right. Let us do the computation in the simple case where 
>>>>>> e^i(theta) = -1. (Theta = Pi)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Take the superposition (up - down), conveniently renormalised. If I 
>>>>>> multiply the whole wave (up - down) by (-1), that changes really 
>>>>>> nothing. 
>>>>>> But if I multiply only the second term, I get the orthogonal state up + 
>>>>>> down, which changes everything. (up +down) is orthogonal to (up - down).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Bruno
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>  *Fuck it. You refuse to do the simple math to show me exactly where 
>>>>> I have made an error,  IF I have made an error.  You talk a lot about 
>>>>> Born's rule but I seriously doubt you know how to use  it for simple 
>>>>> superposition. AG *
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *If you take the inner product squared (Born's rule) using an 
>>>> orthonormal set of eigenfunctions, you get a sum of the form (a_j)^2 + 
>>>> (b_j) ^2  where A_j is the complex probability amplitude for the jth 
>>>> component, A_j = a_j + i * b_j. The cross terms drop out due to 
>>>> orthonormality, and the phase angles are implicitly determined by the 
>>>> relative values of a_j and b_j for each j. *
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you have prepared the state, so that you know that the state of your 
>>>> object is given by 
>>>>
>>>>  phi = A_1 up + A_2 down, say, then, if you decide to measure the 
>>>> up/down state, and use the device doing that, you do not need to make the 
>>>> inner product between phi and phi, but between the base state up and/or 
>>>> down to get the probability given by the square of phi * up (to get the 
>>>> probability of up) and the square of phi*down, to get the probability of 
>>>> down. They will both depend on the value of A_1 and A_2. They are 
>>>> respectively (A_1)^2 and (A_2)^2. Of course, we suppose that we have 
>>>> renormalised the state so that (A_1)^2 + (A_2)^2 = 1 (which makes them 
>>>> into 
>>>> probability of getting up and down).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *The question then becomes how do we calculate the probability density 
>>>> with the phase angles undetermined.  Are we assuming they are known given 
>>>> the way the system is prepared? AG*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Yes. The Born rule, written simply, is only that if phi = A_1 up + A_2 
>>>> down, (so the state has been prepared in advance) then if you measure if 
>>>> the object is in up or down, you will find up with a probability given 
>>>> respectively by (A_1)^2 and (A_2)^2.
>>>> All probabilities are relative to the state of the object and the 
>>>> choice of what you decide to measure. It is always simpler to write the 
>>>> state in the base corresponding to the measurement, so that the “simple” 
>>>> Born rule above can be applied immediately.
>>>>
>>>> Bruno
>>>>
>>>
>>> *For reference I repeat my last comment and add a significant point:*
>>>
>>>  If you take the inner product squared (Born's rule) using an 
>>> orthonormal set of eigenfunctions, you get a sum of the form (a_j)^2 + 
>>> (b_j) ^2  where A_j is the complex probability amplitude for the jth 
>>> component, A_j = a_j + i * b_j. The cross terms drop out due to 
>>> orthonormality, and the phase angles are implicitly determined by the 
>>> relative values of a_j and b_j for each j. The question then becomes how do 
>>> we calculate the probability density with the phase angles undetermined.  
>>> Are we assuming they are known given the way the system is prepared? AG
>>>
>>> The question for me is how the phase angles are related to interference. 
>>>
>>>
>>> But that is explained by may calculation above. You calculation does not 
>>> make sense to me. You compute an inner product of the wave to itself? I 
>>> don’t see the relation with your problem. 
>>>
>>
>> *Obviously, you don't know how to apply the rule you speak so highly of, 
>> Born's rule. To calculate the probability density of wf function psi, you 
>> must calculate <psi, psi>.  Do you dispute this? *
>>
>>
>> Yes, you need to put some projection operator (corresponding to some 
>> eigenvalue you intend to measure) in between. 
>> <psi,psi> is the amplitude of probability to go from the psi state to the 
>> psi state, and should be equal to one (psi being normalised).
>>
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> *Wrong! Not equal to one. I see you like to talk the talk, but refuse to 
> walk the walk. Just read the 4th paragraph of the Wiki link. I correctly 
> calculated the probability density for orthonormal eigenstates! AG  *
>
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>>
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>> *How the phase angles relate to interference is another issue, which I 
>> think Phil explained. AG*
>>
>>>
>>> The calculation above shows that the cross terms drop out due to 
>>> orthonormality. 
>>>
>>>
>>> Do it again, explicitly. Take the simple state phi = A_1 up + A_2 down. 
>>> Up and down are orthonormal,
>>>
>>
>> *Up and Dn are NOT orhonormal.  AG*
>>  
>>
>>> but phi is not orthonormal with either up or down. If “up” means go to 
>>> the left hole, and “down” is go the right hole, the amplitude A_1 and A_2, 
>>> if not null, will interfere, even if only one photon is sent.The wave go 
>>> through both silts, and interfere constructively along some direction and 
>>> destructively along other direction, making it impossible for that photon 
>>> to lend on those last place, like anyway, by the laws of addition of 
>>> sinus/wave.
>>>
>>> But IIUC these are the terms which account for interference. 
>>>
>>>
>>> I am not sure what you say here. The interferences comes only from the 
>>> fact that we have a superposition of two orthogonal state, and that 
>>> superposition is a new state, which is not orthogonal to either up or down.
>>>
>>> Thus, applying Born's rule to a superposition of states where the 
>>> components are orthonormal, leaves open the question of interference.
>>>
>>>
>>> That does no make sense. The Born rule just say that if you measure 
>>> (up/down) on phi =  A_1 up + A_2 down, you get up with probability (A_1)^2 
>>> and down with probability (A_2)^2. But if you do any measurement, the state 
>>> beg-have like a wave, and the amplitudes add up, constructively or 
>>> destructively.
>>>
>>> If you don’t understand that, it means you begin to understand quantum 
>>> mechanics, as nobody understand this, except perhaps the Mechanist 
>>> Philosophers …(which predicts something at least as weird and 
>>> counter-intuitive). 
>>>
>>> Bruce wrote that the phase angles are responsible for interference. I 
>>> doubt that result. Am I mistaken? AG
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, I’m afford you are. The relative phase (in a superposition) angles 
>>> are responsible for the interference. A global phase angle changes nothing.
>>>
>>
>> *If I am wrong, it's just because I assumed all interference comes from 
>> the interactions due to the cross terms -- which cancel out for orthonormal 
>> component states. Also, I never introduced a global phase angle in my 
>> calculation. If you would do my calculation, or at least understand it, 
>> you'd understand Born's rule.  I don't need to read Albert's book to 
>> understand Born's rule. AG*
>>
>>
>>
>> Once you say that up and down are not orthonormal, I am not sure you have 
>> studied the QM formalism correctly. Any two distinguishable eigenstates of 
>> any observable are orthogonal (and normalised). 
>>
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> *Right. I was mistaken. AG *
>
>>
>> I have no clue what you don’t understand in my use of the Born rule. You 
>> definitely need to study Albert’s book, I think.
>>
>
> *Wiki shows I correctly calculated the probability density. Also I agree 
> with Phil, and noted the error I made (not in any calculation, but in 
> interpretation). Didn't you read it? AG  *
>
> In your other post you mention wikipedia. No problem there? Actually you 
>> can see that they do put the projection operator at the right place. You 
>> can help yourself with a dictionary, but books and papers are better.
>>
>
*If you put in the projection operator, you're calculating the probability 
of getting some eigenvalue, not the probability density of the position. 
AG *

>
>
> *You could help yourself by reading plain English. SEE PARAGRAPH 4 OF WIKI 
> LINK. THEY CALCULATED THE PROBABILITY DENSITY AND DIDN'T PUT IN THE 
> PROJECTION OPERATOR!  AG*
>
>>
>> Bruno
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>>> I really wish you to read the first 60 pages of David Albert’s book. Its 
>>> exposition of the functioning of the interferometer is crystal clear. I am 
>>> still not sure if you have a problem with the formalism or with the 
>>> weirdness related to it. Read that piece of explanation by Albert, and if 
>>> you still have problem, we can discuss it, but it would be too long (here 
>>> and now) to do that here. 
>>>
>>> Bruno
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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