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an inequality on correlations of a single system measured at different times that any macroscopically realist theory must satisfy.

In quantum foundations, Leggett-Garg inequality refers to an inequality on correlations of a single system measured at different times that any macroscopically realist theory must satisfy. This meaning comes from Leggett (1985) in Physical Review Letters.[1]

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References

Leggett, A. J., & Garg, A. (1985). Quantum mechanics versus macroscopic realism: Is the flux there when nobody looks? Physical Review Letters, 54(9), 857-860. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.54.857

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