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Examine the theoretical foundations of quantum mechanics, focusing on the viability of hidden-variable models and their consistency with quantum predictions.

June 1, 1988Physics Bulletin

Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy

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TLTony LeggettUniversity of California, Santa Barbara

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Theoretical analysis reveals the incompatibility of local hidden-variable theories with quantum mechanics, demonstrating fundamental non-classical correlations in quantum physical systems.

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Examine the theoretical foundations of quantum mechanics, focusing on the viability of hidden-variable models and their consistency with quantum predictions.
Mathematical and conceptual analysis of foundational quantum mechanics and the pedagogy of special relativity.
Theoretical formulation evaluating constraints on locality and deterministic hidden variables in physical systems.
Refutes historical impossibility proofs that claimed hidden variables could never be introduced into quantum theory.
Formulates Bell's theorem, proving that local hidden-variable theories are fundamentally incompatible with the statistical predictions of quantum mechanics.

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Tony Leggett (1988) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0fabbf4fb650da4ffe60e3 https://doi.org/10.1088/0031-9112/39/6/033

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Theoretical analysis reveals the incompatibility of local hidden-variable theories with quantum mechanics, demonstrating fundamental non-classical correlations in quantum physical systems.

Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy

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Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics: Collected Papers on Quantum Philosophy

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