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Generalizations of Kochen and Specker's Theorem and the Effectiveness of Gleason's Theorem

Hrushovski, Ehud and Pitowsky, Itamar (2003) Generalizations of Kochen and Specker's Theorem and the Effectiveness of Gleason's Theorem. [Preprint]

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Abstract

Kochen and Specker's theorem can be seen as a consequence of Gleason's theorem and logical compactness. Similar compactness arguments lead to stronger results about finite sets of rays in Hilbert space, which we also prove by a direct construction. Finally, we demonstrate that Gleason's theorem itself has a constructive proof, based on a generic, finite, effectively generated set of rays, on which every quantum state can be approximated.


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Item Type: Preprint
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Hrushovski, Ehud
Pitowsky, Itamar
Additional Information: Read at the Robert Clifton Memorial Conference
Keywords: Kochen and Specker's theorem, Gleason's theorem, Constructive mathematics
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User: Itamar Pitowsky
Date Deposited: 31 Jul 2003
Last Modified: 07 Oct 2010 15:11
Item ID: 1263
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date: August 2003
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/1263

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