Two simple proofs of the Kochen-Specker theorem
- 21 February 1991
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 24 (4), L175-L178
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/24/4/003
Abstract
A new proof of the Kochen-Specker theorem uses 33 rays, instead of 117 in the original proof. If the number of dimensions is increased from 3 to 4, only 24 rays are needed.Keywords
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