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View SchemaA Kochen-Specker Theorem for Imprecisely Specified Measurement
| Authors | N. David Mermin |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/9912081 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9912081 |
Abstract
A recent claim that finite precision in the design of real experiments ``nullifies'' the impact of the Kochen-Specker theorem, is shown to be unsupportable, because of the continuity of probabilities of measurement outcomes under slight changes in the experimental configuration.
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