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Recursive definition for elements of reality

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“Elements of reality” are defined as in the work of Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen. It is further assumed that the sum or product of twocommuting elements of reality also is an element of reality. An algebra contradiction ensues.

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  1. Department of Physics, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, 32 000, Haifa, Israel

    Asher Peres

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Dedicated to Sir Karl Popper, on the occasion of his 90th birthday.

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Peres, A. Recursive definition for elements of reality. Found Phys 22, 357–361 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01883901

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