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Revision as of 05:44, 19 February 2006 by Wigie (talk | contribs)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Kochen-Specker theorem was invented by Simon Kochen and Ernst Specker in 1967. The theorem is a "no go" theorem for certain types of hidden variable theories which try to explain the apparent randomness of quantum mechanics as a deterministic theory featuring hidden states. The theorem is a complement to Bell's inequality.
The theorem proves that there is a contradiction between two basic assumptions of hidden variable theories: that all observables have definite values at any given time, and that the values of those variables are intrinsic and independent of the device used to measure them.