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Kochen-Specker theorem revisited

@article{Rajan2017KochenSpeckerTR,
  title={Kochen-Specker theorem revisited},
  author={Del Rajan and Matt Visser},
  journal={arXiv: Quantum Physics},
  year={2017}
}
The Kochen-Specker theorem is a basic and fundamental 50 year old non-existence result affecting the foundations of quantum mechanix, strongly implying the lack of any meaningful notion of "quantum realism", and typically leading to discussions of "contextuality" in quantum physics. Original proofs of the Kochen-Specker theorem proceeded via brute force counter-examples; often quite complicated and subtle (albeit mathematically "elementary") counter-examples. Only more recently have somewhat… 
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