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On infinite EPR-like correlations

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The paper investigates, in the framework of branching space–times, whether an infinite EPR-like correlation which does not involve finite EPR-like correlations is possible.

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  1. Department of Philosophy, Jagiellonian University, Grodzka 52, 31-044, Krakow, Poland

    Tomasz Placek & Leszek Wroński

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Correspondence to Leszek Wroński.

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The authors read earlier versions of this paper at the seminar ‘Chaos and Quantum Information’ at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków on April 16, 2007 and at the seminar ‘On Determinism’ at the University of Bonn on April 20, 2007.

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Placek, T., Wroński, L. On infinite EPR-like correlations. Synthese 167, 1–32 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11229-007-9273-7

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