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David Mermin proposed a gedanken experiment leading to a simple version of Bell’s Theorem. His argument is recalled and developed here. Its assumptions — that a source state exists, that a detector reading depends only on the source state and the detector setting, and that detector settings and source states vary independently — are noted.
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Bell, J. S. (1964) ‘On the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox’, Physics 1 no. 3, 195 – 200.
Mermin, N. D. (1985) ‘Is the moon there when nobody looks? Reality and the quantum theory’, Physics Today 38 no. 4, 38 – 47.
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Vogt, A. (1989). Bell’s Theorem and Mermin’s Gedanken Experiment. In: Kafatos, M. (eds) Bell’s Theorem, Quantum Theory and Conceptions of the Universe. Fundamental Theories of Physics, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-0849-4_8
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