1. The Quantum and the Environment
... t, then there is a 1 in 2 chance that it will move to the point x-1 or x+1. Eventually, if one plots the frequency of the system being at certain points x as a function of time, then one finds that the resulting plot, also known as the probability distribution of the system, resolves itself into a familiar shape, namely the Gaussian distribution, also known as the bell curve, which has a pronounced peak at a given point then falls off gradually ... on either side of the peak. By looking at this probability distribution, we ... ...
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