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arXiv:quant-ph/0403021

Compatibility and probability

Kirkpatrick, K. A.

Published Mar 2, 2004• 6 citations
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Abstract

A review of various definitions of "compatibility" expressed in terms of ordinary probability, and a discussion of the occurrence of incompatibility (and the related phenomenon of interference) in non-quantal probabilistic systems.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.quant-ph/0403021

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