Extracontextuality and Extravalence in Quantum Mechanics
Quantum Physics
2022-01-04 v2 History and Philosophy of Physics
Abstract
We develop the point of view where Quantum Mechanics results from the interplay between the quantized number of "modalities" accessible to a quantum system, and the continuum of "contexts" that are required to define these modalities. We point out the specific roles of "extracontextuality" and "extravalence" of modalities, and relate them to the Kochen-Specker and Gleason theorems.
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@article{arxiv.1801.01398,
title = {Extracontextuality and Extravalence in Quantum Mechanics},
author = {Alexia Auffèves and Philippe Grangier},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.01398},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Article prepared as the Proceedings of the conference "Foundations of quantum mechanics and their impact on contemporary society", 11-12 December 2017, The Royal Society, London, UK. In v2 some edition and clarification following referee remarks; to appear in Phil. Trans. R. Soc. A (2018)