Evidence for the epistemic view of quantum states: A toy theory

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Spekkens, Robert W ^a  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); MEASUREMENT THEORY; THEOREM PROVING; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

KOCHEN-SPECKER THEOREM; TOY THEORY; UNIVERSAL STATE INVERTER;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 33947611133     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.75.032110     Document Type: Article

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