Hidden variables and the two theorems of John Bell

N. David Mermin
Rev. Mod. Phys. 65, 803 – Published 1 July 1993; Errata Rev. Mod. Phys. 85, 919 (2013); Rev. Mod. Phys. 88, 039902 (2016); Rev. Mod. Phys. 89, 049901 (2017)
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Abstract

Although skeptical of the prohibitive power of no-hidden-variables theorems, John Bell was himself responsible for the two most important ones. I describe some recent versions of the lesser known of the two (familiar to experts as the "Kochen-Specker theorem") which have transparently simple proofs. One of the new versions can be converted without additional analysis into a powerful form of the very much better known "Bell's Theorem," thereby clarifying the conceptual link between these two results of Bell.

    DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.65.803

    ©1993 American Physical Society

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    N. David Mermin

    • Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853-2501

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    Vol. 65, Iss. 3 — July - September 1993

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