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congeries ([personal profile] congeries) wrote2003-10-01 12:38 am

_____________________[PRO] о суперзадачах :: quantum measurements and supertasks

о, нашёл шикарное название для того, чем мы все так и норовим заняться в свободное от жж время:

суперзадача = выполнение бесконечного количества действий за конечное количество времени.

и вот наконец наука доказала, что это возможно!



The supertask under consideration consists of performing an infinite number of quantum mechanical measurements in a finite amount of time. Recent arguments in the physics literature claim to show that continuous measurements, understood as N discrete measurements in the limit where N goes to infinity, are impossible.

I show that there are certain kinds of measurements in quantum mechanics for which these arguments break down. This suggests that there is a new context in which quantum mechanics, in principle, permits the performance of a supertask.

Source: Quantum measurements and supertasks, by Alisa Bokulich, International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, July 2003.

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[identity profile] tamperevident.livejournal.com 2003-09-30 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
oh yeah!

[identity profile] mznokia.livejournal.com 2003-09-30 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
You're just too smart for me :P :)

[identity profile] centralasian.livejournal.com 2003-10-03 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
worry not, i just pretend