WEAKENING THE LOCALITY CONDITIONS IN ALGEBRAIC NONLOCALITY PROOFS

被引:9
作者
ELBY, A [1 ]
JONES, MR [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY, DEPT PHILOSOPHY, BERKELEY, CA 94720 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0375-9601(92)90123-4
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
Using the Kochen-Specker theorem, we derive a simple algebraic contradiction between various locality assumptions and the predictions of quantum mechanics. Unlike previous algebraic nonlocality proofs, this proof invokes locality conditions uniformly weaker than those needed to derive Bell's inequality. Consequently, our proof rules out a broader class of hidden variable theories.
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