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Perfect gambling device

Given your results in 1.3 and 1.4, how many collisions would the ball have to undergo before the initial quantum uncertainty in its direction is magnified into a significant uncertainty with practical consequences, say ? This should suggest to you an unbeatable gambling device whose outcome is truly random.



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Mon Feb 26 15:11:01 EST 1996