Towards a local hidden variable theory

Peter J. Lewis

doi:10.1007/s10701-007-9172-2

Towards a local hidden variable theory

Peter J. Lewis

Philosophy

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Abstract

A local hidden variable theory of quantum mechanics is formulated by adapting Gell-Mann and Hartle's many-histories formulation. The resulting theory solves the measurement problem by exploiting the independence loophole in Bell's theorem; it violates the independence of hidden variable values and measuring device settings. Although the theory is problematic in some respects, it provides a concrete example via which the tenability of this approach can be better evaluated.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1461-1469
Number of pages	9
Journal	Foundations of Physics
Volume	37
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-007-9172-2
State	Published - Oct 1 2007

Keywords

Bell's theorem
Hidden variables
Many-histories
Measurement problem

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Physics and Astronomy(all)

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