Please note change of room - now in D463 Star
*Speaker:* Yuri Gurevich , Microsoft Research
*Date:* Tuesday, October 06, 2015
*Time:* 11:00 AM to 12:15 PM
*Location:* D463 Star
*Host:* Scott Aaronson
*Abstract: * No-go theorems assert that hidden-variable theories,
subject to appropriate hypotheses, cannot reproduce the predictions of
quantum theory. We examine two species of such theorems, value no-go
theorems and expectation no-go theorems. The former assert that
hidden-variables cannot match the predictions of quantum theory about
the possible values resulting from measurements; the latter assert that
hidden-variables cannot match the predictions of quantum theory about
the expectation values of measurements. We sharpen the known results of
both species, which allows us to clarify the similarities and
differences between the two species. We also repair some flaws in
existing definitions and proofs. This is joint work with Andreas Blass
of the University of Michigan. The paper can be found at arXiv:1509.06896.
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