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arXiv:0808.2456 · Physical Review Letters

Experimentally Testable State-Independent Quantum Contextuality

Adán Cabello

Published Nov 19, 2008• 407 citations
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Abstract

We show that there are Bell-type inequalities for noncontextual theories that are violated by any quantum state. One of these inequalities between the correlations of compatible measurements is particularly suitable for testing this state-independent violation in an experiment.
DOI
10.1103/physrevlett.101.210401

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