Field extension of real values of physical observables in classical theory can help attain quantum results

DOI10.1007/S10773-018-3725-3zbMATH Open1394.81018OpenAlexW3102663018WikidataQ130040944 ScholiaQ130040944MaRDI QIDQ725580FDOQ725580

Authors: Hai Wang, Asutosh Kumar, Junde Wu, Min-Hyung Cho 

Publication date: 1 August 2018

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Physical quantities are assumed to take real values, which stems from the fact that an usual measuring instrument that measures a physical observable always yields a real number. Here we consider the question of what will happen if physical observables are allowed to take complex values. In this paper, we show that by allowing observables in the Bell inequality to take complex values, a classical physical theory can actually get the same upper bound of the Bell expression as quantum theory. Also, by extending the real field to the quaternionic field, we can puzzle out the GHZ problem using local hidden variable model. Furthermore, we try to build a new type of hidden-variable theory of a single qubit based on the result.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1612.02211

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zbMATH Keywords

Bell inequalityobservablesGHZ problemhidden variable model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quaternion and other division algebras: arithmetic, zeta functions (11R52) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15) Quantum coherence, entanglement, quantum correlations (81P40) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

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