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Ali
May30-05, 12:17 AM
<jabberwocky><div class="vbmenu_control"><a href="jabberwocky:;" onClick="newWindow=window.open('','usenetCode','toolbar=no, location=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,status=no ,width=650,height=400'); newWindow.document.write('<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Usenet ASCII</TITLE></HEAD><BODY topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 BGCOLOR=#F1F1F1><table border=0 width=625><td bgcolor=midnightblue><font color=#F1F1F1>This Usenet message\'s original ASCII form: </font></td></tr><tr><td width=449><br><br><font face=courier><UL><PRE>Dear Members,\n\nin explaining the inadequacy of classical mechanics for the sequential\nStern-Gerlach experiments (p.4 of Sakurai\'s Modern Quantum\nMechanics), a student may reply, well..., we suppose an unjustified\npresupposition PPP, i.e. " measurement on Sx does not affect on\nSz". However we could say, without encounter an inconsistency with\nclassical mechanics, that this is not the case. PPP is not an inherent\nstatement in classical mechanics. So why sequential Stern-Gerlach\nexperiment albeit shows inadequacy of classical mechanics?\nregards,\nAli\n\n</UL></PRE></font></td></tr></table></BODY><HTML>');"> <IMG SRC=/images/buttons/ip.gif BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER ALT="View this Usenet post in original ASCII form">&nbsp;&nbsp;View this Usenet post in original ASCII form </a></div><P></jabberwocky>Dear Members,

in explaining the inadequacy of classical mechanics for the sequential
Stern-Gerlach experiments (p.4 of Sakurai's Modern Quantum
Mechanics), a student may reply, well..., we suppose an unjustified
presupposition PPP, i.e. " measurement on Sx does not affect on
Sz". However we could say, without encounter an inconsistency with
classical mechanics, that this is not the case. PPP is not an inherent
statement in classical mechanics. So why sequential Stern-Gerlach
experiment albeit shows inadequacy of classical mechanics?
regards,
Ali