The scope and generality of Bell's theorem

DOI10.1007/S10701-013-9737-1zbMATH Open1278.81035arXiv1212.4854OpenAlexW3125119457MaRDI QIDQ385643FDOQ385643

Authors: James Owen Weatherall 

Publication date: 2 December 2013

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

Abstract: I present what might seem to be a local, deterministic model of the EPR-Bohm experiment, inspired by recent work by Joy Christian, that appears at first blush to be in tension with Bell-type theorems. I argue that the model ultimately fails to do what a hidden variable theory needs to do, but that it is interesting nonetheless because the way it fails helps clarify the scope and generality of Bell-type theorems. I formulate and prove a minor proposition that makes explicit how Bell-type theorems rule out models of the sort I describe here.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1212.4854

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zbMATH Keywords

Bell's theoremhidden variable theoryJoy Christian

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Stochastic mechanics (including stochastic electrodynamics) (81P20) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

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