Quantum Contextuality: A Historical Perspective

Quantum Contextuality: A Historical Perspective

Seminar author:Adan Cabello

Event date and time:11/12/2020 04:30:pm

Event location:GIQ VIRTUAL SEMINAR

Event contact:adan@us.es

I will summarize the history of quantum contextuality starting with the discussion, in the late 1920’s, of whether quantum mechanics can be complemented by “hidden variables”, which eventually led to Bell’s and Kochen-Specker’s theorems, and ending with some recent developments such as the discovery that quantum theory is the most contextual theory for ideal measurements.