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Imagine a particle in an equally weighted superposition of being located in three distant regions P, Q, and R, and imagine you stand in region P with a measuring device. The probability of finding the particle there is 1/3.
Now imagine a large number N of particles prepared in that same state. I'm told that in region P we should expect to find NP = (N±√N)/3 particles.
My question: Does anyone know the name of this formula so that I can google it and study it? I'm puzzled as to why we shouldn't just expect N/3 particles.
Now imagine a large number N of particles prepared in that same state. I'm told that in region P we should expect to find NP = (N±√N)/3 particles.
My question: Does anyone know the name of this formula so that I can google it and study it? I'm puzzled as to why we shouldn't just expect N/3 particles.