Einstein, incompleteness, and the epistemic view of quantum states

Foundations of Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-157

  Harrigan, Nicholas ^a   Spekkens, Robert W ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Einstein; Incompleteness; Nonlocality; Quantum mechanics; Realism; The measurement problem

Indexed keywords

EID: 75749104943     PISSN: 00159018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10701-009-9347-0     Document Type: Article

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