A simplified basis for Bell-Kochen-Specker theorems

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2014.07.022zbMATH Open1301.81019arXiv1407.4838OpenAlexW2030813501WikidataQ34125026 ScholiaQ34125026MaRDI QIDQ480253FDOQ480253

Authors: James D. Malley, Arthur Fine 

Publication date: 8 December 2014

Published in: Physics Letters. A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that a reduced form of the structural requirements for deterministic hidden variables used in Bell-Kochen-Specker theorems is already sufficient for the no-go results. Those requirements are captured by the following principle: an observable takes a spectral value x if and only if the spectral projector associated with x takes the value 1. We show that the only if part of this condition suffices. The proof identifies an important structural feature behind the no-go results; namely, if at least one projector is assigned the value 1 in any resolution of the identity, then at most one is.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1407.4838

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zbMATH Keywords

hidden variablesBell-Kochen-Specker theoremno-go

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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