Proofs of the Kochen-Specker theorem based on a system of three qubits

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/45/40/405301zbMATH Open1255.81019arXiv1205.5015OpenAlexW2147303243MaRDI QIDQ3168488FDOQ3168488

Authors: Mordecai Waegell, P. K. Aravind 

Publication date: 31 October 2012

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A number of new proofs of the Kochen-Specker theorem are given based on the observables of the three-qubit Pauli group. Each proof is presented in the form of a diagram from which it is obvious by inspection. Each of our observable-based proofs leads to a system of projectors and bases that generally yields a large number of "parity proofs" of the Kochen-Specker theorem. Some examples of such proofs are given and some of their applications are discussed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1205.5015

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of group representations to physics and other areas of science (20C35) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Algebraic systems of matrices (15A30)

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