Quantum contextuality for rational vectors

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETA.2010.10.061MaRDI QIDQ430568zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors Adán Cabello, Jan-Åke Larsson

Publication date 26 June 2012

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1010.3733

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Contextuality in quantum theory (81P13) Alternative quantum mechanics (including hidden variables, etc.) (81Q65)

Abstract: The Kochen-Specker theorem states that noncontextual hidden variable models are inconsistent with the quantum predictions for every yes-no question on a qutrit, corresponding to every projector in three dimensions. It has been suggested [D. A. Meyer, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 3751 (1999)] that the inconsistency would disappear when we are restricted to projectors on unit vectors with rational components; that noncontextual hidden variables could reproduce the quantum predictions for rational vectors. Here we show that a qutrit state with rational components violates an inequality valid for noncontextual hidden-variable models [A. A. Klyachko et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 020403 (2008)] using rational projectors. This shows that the inconsistency remains even when using only rational vectors.

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