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Perfect gambling device

Given your results in 2.2 and 2.3, estimate N the number of collisions which the ball would have to undergo before the initial quantum uncertainty in its direction is magnified into a significant uncertainty with practical consequences, say tex2html_wrap_inline444 radian? This should suggest to you an unbeatable gambling device whose outcome is truly random.



Prof. Tomas Alberto Arias
Thu Feb 20 10:59:50 EST 1997