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How to avoid “quantum paradoxes”

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The “theorems” showing the impossibility of ascribing to individual quantum systems a definite value of a set of observables, not necessarily commuting,1–4 are based on the tacit assumption that eachindividual spin component has a discrete dichotomic value. We show explicitly that it is possible to introduce continuous hidden variables for individual spins which avoid these quantum paradoxes without changing any of the observed quantum mechanical results.

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Barut, A.O. How to avoid “quantum paradoxes”. Found Phys 22, 137–142 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883383

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