Classical systems can be contextual too: analogue of the Mermin-Peres square

DOI10.1016/J.AOP.2014.10.016zbMATH Open1343.81012arXiv1310.4990OpenAlexW3098900176MaRDI QIDQ307150FDOQ307150

Authors: Pawel Blasiak 

Publication date: 1 September 2016

Published in: Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Contextuality lays at the heart of quantum mechanics. In the prevailing opinion it is considered as a signature of 'quantumness' that classical theories lack. However, this assertion is only partially justified. Although contextuality is certainly true of quantum mechanics, it cannot be taken by itself as discriminating against classical theories. Here we consider a representative example of contextual behaviour, the so-called Mermin-Peres square, and present a discrete toy model of a bipartite system which reproduces the pattern of quantum predictions that leads to contradiction with the assumption of non-contextuality. This illustrates that quantum-like contextual effects have their analogues within classical models with epistemic constraints such as limited information gain and measurement disturbance.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.4990

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zbMATH Keywords

contextuality\(\psi\)-epistemic modelslimited information gainmeasurement disturbanceMermin-Peres squaresequential measurements

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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