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Delayed Choice Between Purely Classical States

Classical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 Dynamical Systems Atomic Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

It is argued that Wheeler's insightful idea of delayed choice experiments may be explored at a classical level, arising naturally from number-theoretical conjugacies always necessarily present in the equations of motion. For simple and representative systems, we illustrate how to cast the equations of motion in a form encoding all classical states simultaneously through a ``state parameter''. By suitably selecting the parameter one may project the system into any desired classical state.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0604097,
  title  = {Delayed Choice Between Purely Classical States},
  author = {Jason A. C. Gallas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0604097},
  year   = {2007}
}

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4 pages, revtex4, no figures, no tables, one idea