Born's Rule, EPR, and the Free Will Theorem

2017/10/02 by Simon Kochen, Kochen, Simon · 1 citation
Computer Science · Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Quantum Information and Cryptography #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Quantum Physics (quant-ph)

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1710.00868

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Abstract

Many physicists believe that the EPR experiment exhibits instantaneous non-local effects. I argue below that an application of Born's Rule to EPR shows no such instantaneous effects and that EPR is consistent with full Lorentz invariance. I then discuss how it is possible to understand the EPR correlations for non-commuting spin components without recourse to non-local effects. Finally, I use these results to discuss the Free Will Theorem, which I formulate in a new way.

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