Theoretical analysis reveals the exact equivalence between hidden-variable models, joint distributions, and Bell inequalities in quantum systems, highlighting limits of classical probability.
It is shown that the following statements about a quantum correlation experiment are mutually equivalent. (1) There is a deterministic hidden-variables model for the experiment. (2) There is a factorizable, stochastic model. (3) There is one joint distribution for all observables of the experiment, returning the experimental probabilities. (4) There are well-defined, compatible joint distributions for all pairs and triples of commuting and noncommuting observables. (5) The Bell inequalities hold.
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Arthur Fine (1982) studied this question.
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