Complementarity between position and momentum as a consequence of Kochen-Specker arguments

DOI10.1016/S0375-9601(00)00365-0MaRDI QIDQ643503zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Rob Clifton

Publication date 1 November 2011

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9912108

zbMATH Keywords

complementaritymomentumpositionspin-\(1/2\) particle

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Logical foundations of quantum mechanics; quantum logic (quantum-theoretic aspects) (81P10) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

Abstract: We give two simple Kochen-Specker arguments for complementary between the position and momentum components of spinless particles, arguments that are identical in structure to those given by Peres and Mermin for spin-1/2 particles.

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