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Homer Nodded: Von Neumann’s Surprising Oversight

N. Mermin R. Schack

Abstrak

We review the famous no-hidden-variables theorem in von Neumann’s 1932 book on the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics (Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik, Springer, Berlin, 1932). We describe the notorious gap in von Neumann’s argument, pointed out by Hermann (Abhandlungen der Fries’schen Schule 6:75–152, 1935) and, more famously, by Bell (Rev Modern Phys 38:447–452, 1966). We disagree with recent papers claiming that Hermann and Bell failed to understand what von Neumann was actually doing.

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Format Sitasi

Mermin, N., Schack, R. (2018). Homer Nodded: Von Neumann’s Surprising Oversight. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-018-0197-5

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Informasi Jurnal
Tahun Terbit
2018
Bahasa
en
Sumber Database
Semantic Scholar
DOI
10.1007/s10701-018-0197-5
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