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View SchemaAn axiomatic approach to Einstein's boxes
| Authors | Thomas V Marcella |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0606141 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0606141 |
Abstract
The fallacies inherent in the Einstein's Boxes thought experiment are made evident by taking an axiomatic approach to quantum mechanics while ignoring notions not supported by the postulates or by experimental observation. We emphasize that the postulates contain everything needed to completely describe a quantum experiment. We discuss the non-classical nature of both the state vector and the experiment that it represents. Einstein's Boxes is then described by the formalism alone. We see that it is no different from any other experiment in which a two-state observable is measured.
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