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Efficient Hidden-Variable Simulation of Measurements in Quantum Experiments

Quantum Physics 2008-11-11 v3

Abstract

We prove that the results of a finite set of general quantum measurements on an arbitrary dimensional quantum system can be simulated using a polynomial (in measurements) number of hidden-variable states. In the limit of infinitely many measurements, our method gives models with the minimal number of hidden-variable states, which scales linearly with the number of measurements. These results can find applications in foundations of quantum theory, complexity studies and classical simulations of quantum systems.

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@article{arxiv.0805.1728,
  title  = {Efficient Hidden-Variable Simulation of Measurements in Quantum Experiments},
  author = {Borivoje Dakic and Milovan Suvakov and Tomasz Paterek and Caslav Brukner},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0805.1728},
  year   = {2008}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure, published version

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