Proofs of the Kochen-Specker theorem based on the 600-cell

ORAL

Abstract

It is shown that the system of 60 rays and 75 bases derived from the vertices of a 600-cell (a regular polytope in four dimensions) contains over a hundred million parity proofs of the Kochen-Specker theorem. An overview of the proofs is given, some examples of them are presented and the significance of the results is discussed.

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Authors

  • P.K. Aravind

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Mordecai Waegell

    Worcester Polytechnic Institute

  • Norman Megill

    Boston Information Group

  • Mladen Pavicic

    ITAMP, Harvard University