Contextuality in three types of quantum-mechanical systems
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Publication:497066
DOI10.1007/S10701-015-9882-9zbMATH Open1327.81023arXiv1411.2244OpenAlexW2043553802WikidataQ110233624 ScholiaQ110233624MaRDI QIDQ497066FDOQ497066
Authors: Ehtibar N. Dzhafarov, Janne V. Kujala, Jan-Åke Larsson 
Publication date: 23 September 2015
Published in: Foundations of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We present a formal theory of contextuality for a set of random variables grouped into different subsets (contexts) corresponding to different, mutually incompatible conditions. Within each context the random variables are jointly distributed, but across different contexts they are stochastically unrelated. The theory of contextuality is based on the analysis of the extent to which some of these random variables can be viewed as preserving their identity across different contexts when one considers all possible joint distributions imposed on the entire set of the random variables. We illustrate the theory on three systems of traditional interest in quantum physics (and also in non-physical, e.g., behavioral studies). These are systems of the Klyachko-Can-Binicioglu-Shumovsky-type, Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen-Bell-type, and Suppes-Zanotti-Leggett-Garg-type. Listed in this order, each of them is formally a special case of the previous one. For each of them we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for contextuality while allowing for experimental errors and contextual biases or signaling. Based on the same principles that underly these derivations we also propose a measure for the degree of contextuality and compute it for the three systems in question.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1411.2244
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