16 May 2018 - nine lives

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Sweating the Details

Bearing in mind that a cat has nine lives, and assuming the original formulation that the radioactive decay and release of poison occur with 50% probability over an hour, calculate the evolution of the quantum state of Schroedinger’s cat.

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