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On the inverse FPR problem: Quantum is classical

  • Part II. Invited Papers Dedicated To The Memory Of Charles H. Randall (1928–1987)
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The notion of quantum supports introduced by Foulis, Piron, and Randall can be used to construct combinatorial versions of contextualist hidden-variable models for finite quantum logics. The original logic can be uniquely recovered from appropriate such models as a solution of a combinatorial inverse problem. One can thus set up a classical ontology for a finite quantum logics that completely specifies it. Computer studies are used to explore the ideas.

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  1. Departamento de Matematica, Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Rua Marques de São Vincente 225, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

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Svetlichny, G. On the inverse FPR problem: Quantum is classical. Found Phys 20, 635–650 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01889452

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