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Schütte's tautology and the Kochen-Specker theorem

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I present a new 33-ray proof of the Kochen and Specker “no-go” hidden variable theorem in ℋ3, based on a classical tautology that corresponds to a contingent quantum proposition in ℋ3 proposed by Kurt Schütte in an unpublished letter to Specker in 1965. 1 discuss the relation of this proof to a 31-ray proof by Conway and Kochen, and to a 33-ray proof by Peres.

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    Jeffrey Bub

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Bub, J. Schütte's tautology and the Kochen-Specker theorem. Found Phys 26, 787–806 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02058633

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