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View SchemaStrict Holism in a Quantum Superposition of Macroscopic States
| Authors | J. Acacio de Barros, Patrick Suppes |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | quant-ph/0003046 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0003046 |
Abstract
We show that some N-particle quantum systems are holistic, such that the system is deterministic, whereas its parts are random. The total correlation is not sufficient to determine the probability distribution, showing a need for extra measurements. We propose a formal definition of holism not based on separability.
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