The free will theorem

DOI10.1007/S10701-006-9068-6zbMATH Open1106.81017arXivquant-ph/0604079OpenAlexW2115727295WikidataQ55921572 ScholiaQ55921572MaRDI QIDQ867159FDOQ867159

Authors: Simon B. Kochen, J. H. Conway 

Publication date: 15 February 2007

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

Abstract: On the basis of three physical axioms, we prove that if the choice of a particular type of spin 1 experiment is not a function of the information accessible to the experimenters, then its outcome is equally not a function of the information accessible to the particles. We show that this result is robust, and deduce that neither hidden variable theories nor mechanisms of the GRW type for wave function collapse can be made relativistic. We also establish the consistency of our axioms and discuss the philosophical implications.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604079

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zbMATH Keywords

indeterminacyEPR entanglementK-S paradox

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum computation (81P68) General and philosophical questions in quantum theory (81P05) Quantum measurement theory, state operations, state preparations (81P15)

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