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We consider the question of factorizability in tensor product spaces, and argue that the correlations associated with entangled states are even more problematic in the general case involving any tensor product of Hilbert spaces, than in the Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen case with only two [1].
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Afriat, A. Probability relations involving several subsystems. Found Phys Lett 8, 467–480 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186582
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