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arXiv:2408.04483

The 1964 paper of John Bell

Ujjwal Sen

Published Aug 8, 2024• 0 citations
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Abstract

We present a commentary on the famous 1964 paper of John Bell that rules out the entire class of underlying hidden variable theories for quantum mechanics that are local.
DOI
10.48550/arxiv.2408.04483

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