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Independence of the existence of Pitowsky spin models

Quantum Physics 2012-12-04 v1 Logic

Abstract

In 1982 I. Pitowsky used Continuum Hypothesis to construct hidden variable models for spin-1/2 and spin-1 particles in quantum mechanics. We show that the existence of Pitowsky models is independent from ZFC.

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@article{arxiv.1212.0110,
  title  = {Independence of the existence of Pitowsky spin models},
  author = {Ilijas Farah and Menachem Magidor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.0110},
  year   = {2012}
}