Extracontextuality and extravalence in quantum mechanics
Abstract
We develop the point of view where quantum mechanics results from the interplay between the quantized number of `modalities' accessible to a quantum system, and the continuum of `contexts' that are required to define these modalities. We point out the specific roles of `extracontextuality' and `extravalence' of modalities, and relate them to the Kochen-Specker and Gleason theorems.
This article is part of a discussion meeting issue `Foundations of quantum mechanics and their impact on contemporary society'.- Publication:
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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A
- Pub Date:
- July 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1098/rsta.2017.0311
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1801.01398
- Bibcode:
- 2018RSPTA.37670311A
- Keywords:
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- Quantum Physics;
- Physics - History and Philosophy of Physics
- E-Print:
- Article prepared as the Proceedings of the conference "Foundations of quantum mechanics and their impact on contemporary society", 11-12 December 2017, The Royal Society, London, UK. In v2 some edition and clarification following referee remarks