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This article delves into the concept of quantum contextuality, specifically focusing on proofs of the Kochen-Specker theorem obtained by assigning Pauli observables to hypergraph vertices satisfying a given commutation relation. The…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-08-27 Axel Muller , Alain Giorgetti

It is shown that certain transformations on quiver-dimension vector pairs induce isomorphisms on the corresponding moduli spaces of quiver representations and map a stable dimension vector to a stable dimension vector. This result combined…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2023-12-27 M. Domokos

We present an elementary proof of a reduced version of Gleason's theorem and the Kochen-Specker theorem to provide a novel perspective on the relation between both theorems. The proof is based on a set of linear equations for the values of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 Karl-Peter Marzlin , Taylor Landry

The Separation Problem asks for the minimum number s(O,K) of hyperplanes required to strictly separate any interior point O of a convex body K from all faces of K. The Conjecture is s(O,K) is at most 2 to the power d in real d-space , and…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-03-14 T. Bisztriczky

In this paper we propose the idea that there is a corresponding relation between quantum states and points of the complex projective space, given that the number of dimensions of the Hilbert space is finite. We check this idea through…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Bei Jia , Xi-guo Lee

We prove inequalities relating the absolute value of the determinant of n+1 linearly independent unit vectors in an n+1 dimensional complex vector space and the projective distances from the vertices to the hyperplanes containing the…

Metric Geometry · Mathematics 2015-06-29 Mark Fincher , Heather Olney , William Cherry

Given an n-tuple {a_1, ..., a_n} of self-adjoint operators on an infinite dimensional Hilbert space H and a positive integer k, there exists a projection p of rank k such that, for each for j = 1, ..., n, pa_jp is a scalar multiple of p.…

Operator Algebras · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Charles A. Akemann , Joel Anderson

The Kochen-Specker theorem shows that it is impossible to assign sharp values to all dynamical variables in quantum mechanics in such a way that the algebraic relations among the values of dynamical variables whose self-adjoint operators…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 Simon Friederich , Mritunjay Tyagi

The scalars in vector multiplets of N=2 supersymmetric theories in 4 dimensions exhibit `special Kaehler geometry', related to duality symmetries, due to their coupling to the vectors. In the literature there is some confusion on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 B. Craps , F. Roose , W. Troost , A. Van Proeyen

We construct the hyperkahler cones corresponding to the Quaternion-Kahler orthogonal Wolf spaces SO(n+4)/(SO(n)xSO(4)) and their non-compact versions, which appear in hypermultiplet couplings to N=2 supergravity. The geometry is completely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Lilia Anguelova , Martin Rocek , Stefan Vandoren

For a two-particle two-state system, sets of compatible propositions exist for which quantum mechanics and noncontextual hidden-variable theories make conflicting predictions for every individual system whatever its quantum state. This…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-01-23 Adan Cabello , Guillermo Garcia-Alcaine

Virtually all of the analysis of quantum contextuality is restricted to the case where events are represented by rank-one projectors. This restriction is arbitrary and not motivated by physical considerations. We show here that loosening…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Zhen-Peng Xu , Xiao-Dong Yu , Matthias Kleinmann

The Kerr theorem is revisited as part of the twistor program in six dimensions. The relationship between pure spinors and integrable 3-planes is investigated. The real condition for Lorentzian spacetimes is seen to induce a projective…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-06-20 Bruno Carneiro da Cunha

Kochen and Specker's theorem can be seen as a consequence of Gleason's theorem and logical compactness. Similar compactness arguments lead to stronger results about finite sets of rays in Hilbert space, which we also prove by a direct…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ehud Hrushovski , Itamar Pitowsky

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…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Richard D. Gill , Michael S. Keane

Let $X$ be a Banach space. We study the circumstances under which there exists an uncountable set $\mathcal A\subset X$ of unit vectors such that $\|x-y\|>1$ for distinct $x,y\in \mathcal A$. We prove that such a set exists if $X$ is…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-26 Tomasz Kania , Tomasz Kochanek

The CMI Millennium "P vs NP Problem" can be resolved e.g. if one shows at least one counterexample to the conjecture "P is equal to NP". A certain class of problems being such counterexamples is formulated. This implies the rejection of the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-05-05 Vasil Penchev

A set of quantum measurements exhibits quantum contextuality when any consistent value assignment to the measurement outcomes leads to a contradiction with quantum theory. In the original Kochen-Specker-type of argument the measurement…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-07-25 Pascal Höhn , Zhen-Peng Xu , Matthias Kleinmann

This paper is a sequel of arXiv:2109.06394. In this paper, we consider a kind of inverse problem of multipliers. The problem is to count number of isospectral correspondences, correspondences which has the same combination of multipliers.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-09-28 Rin Gotou

It is shown that the countably infinite dimensional pointed vector space (the vector space equipped with a constant) over a finite field has infinitely many first order definable reducts. This implies that the countable homogeneous…

Logic · Mathematics 2021-04-06 Bertalan Bodor , Peter J. Cameron , Csaba Szabó