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Three noncontextual hidden variable models for the Peres-Mermin square

Gábor, Hofer-Szabó (2020) Three noncontextual hidden variable models for the Peres-Mermin square. [Preprint]

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Abstract

I will argue that the Peres-Mermin square does not necessarily rule out a value-definite (deterministic) noncontextual hidden variable model if the operators are not given a physical interpretation satisfying the following two requirements: (i) each operator is uniquely realized by a single physical measurement; (ii) commuting operators are realized by simultaneous measurements. To underpin this claim, I will construct three hidden variable models for three different physical realizations of the Peres-Mermin square: one violating (i), another violating (ii), and a third one violating both (i) and (ii).


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Gábor, Hofer-Szabógsz@szig.hu
Keywords: Kochen-Specker theorem, contextuality, simultaneous measurability
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Depositing User: Gabor Hofer-Szabo
Date Deposited: 16 Nov 2020 20:49
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2020 20:49
Item ID: 18398
Subjects: Specific Sciences > Physics > Quantum Mechanics
Date: November 2020
URI: https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18398

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