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Kochen-Specker Theorem for Finite Precision Spin One Measurements

Quantum Physics 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Unsharp spin 1 observables arise from the fact that a residual uncertainty about the actual orientation of the measurement device remains. If the uncertainty is below a certain level, and if the distribution of measurement errors is covariant under rotations, a Kochen-Specker theorem for the unsharp spin observables follows: There are finite sets of directions such that not all the unsharp spin observables in these directions can consistently be assigned approximate truth-values in a non-contextual way.

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@article{arxiv.quant-ph/0206035,
  title  = {Kochen-Specker Theorem for Finite Precision Spin One Measurements},
  author = {Thomas Breuer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:quant-ph/0206035},
  year   = {2009}
}

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