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A probabilistic version of the Kochen-Specker no-hidden-variable proof

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I am indebted to Linda Wessels and the Quantum Mechanics Study Group at Indiana University, and to Richard Healey for helpful comments on an earlier draft of this paper.

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Hellman, G. A probabilistic version of the Kochen-Specker no-hidden-variable proof. Synthese 44, 495–500 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00413473

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