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A geometric proof of the Kochen-Specker no-go theorem

Quantum Physics 2009-11-10 v1 Probability

Abstract

We give a short geometric proof of the Kochen-Specker no-go theorem for non-contextual hidden variables models. Note added to this version: I understand from Jan-Aake Larsson that the construction we give here actually contains the original Kochen-Specker construction as well as many others (Bell, Conway and Kochen, Schuette, perhaps also Peres).

Cite

@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0304013,
  title  = {A geometric proof of the Kochen-Specker no-go theorem},
  author = {Richard D. Gill and Michael S. Keane},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0304013},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

This paper appeared some years ago, before the author was aware of quant-ph. It is relevant to recent developments concerning Kochen-Specker theorems

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