All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Quantum Zeno Effect in 70 Minutes

This is a primer on the quantum Zeno effect, addressed to students and researchers with no previous knowledge on the subject. The prerequisites are the Schrodinger equation and the von Neumann notion of projective measurement.

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