Finite precision measurement nullifies the Kochen-Specker theorem
Quantum Physics
2009-01-23 v2 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
Only finite precision measurements are experimentally reasonable, and they cannot distinguish a dense subset from its closure. We show that the rational vectors, which are dense in S^2, can be colored so that the contradiction with hidden variable theories provided by Kochen-Specker constructions does not obtain. Thus, in contrast to violation of the Bell inequalities, no quantum-over-classical advantage for information processing can be derived from the Kochen-Specker theorem alone.
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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/9905080,
title = {Finite precision measurement nullifies the Kochen-Specker theorem},
author = {David A. Meyer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/9905080},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
7 pages, plain TeX; minor corrections, interpretation clarified, references updated