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dc.contributor.advisorDieks, D.G.B.J.
dc.contributor.authorLeegwater, G.J.
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-09T17:17:04Z
dc.date.available2013-09-09
dc.date.available2013-09-09T17:17:04Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/14628
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis a recent claim by Roger Colbeck and Renato Renner is reviewed. This claim concerns the completeness of quantum mechanics. Colbeck and Renner state that no theory can be constructed that is compatible with quantum mechanics, and gives more detailed predictions through supplemental variables added to the description of the state of a system. Their only assumption is that measurement settings can be choosen freely. We will argue that their result is for the most part valid and interesting, but the freedom assumption is not so innocent as it is presented, and parts of the result need to be clarified. Therefore, we will present a reformulation of the result. In our formulation the result is a no-go theorem for hidden variable theories satisfying Parameter Independence. This is a generalization of Bell’s theorem.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
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dc.language.isoen
dc.titleQuantum mechanics: completely unhidden? A critical review of the work of Colbeck and Renner
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsquantum mechanics, quantum theory, completeness, colbeck, renner, extensions of quantum theory
dc.subject.keywordshidden variable theories, supplemental variables, parameter independence, no-go, Bell, CHSH, Bell inequalities, foundations of quantum mechanics
dc.subject.courseuuHistory and Philosophy of Science


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