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View SchemaObservables have no value: a no-go theorem for position and momentum observables
| Authors | Alberto C. de la Torre |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0603277 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0603277 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10701-007-9148-2 |
| Journal | Found. of Phys. 37, 1243-1252 (2007) |
Abstract
A very simple illustration of the Bell-Kochen-Specker contradiction is presented using continuous observables in infinite dimensional Hilbert space. It is shown that the assumption of the \emph{existence} of putative values for position and momentum observables for one single particle is incompatible with quantum mechanics.
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