0106072v6

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{particle, mechanics, theory}
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{classical, space, random}
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"Quantal" behavior in classical probability

K. A. Kirkpatrick

abstract: A number of phenomena generally believed characteristic of quantum mechanics and seen as interpretively problematic--the incompatibility and value-indeterminacy of variables, the non-existence of dispersion-free states, the failure of the standard marginal-probability formula, the failure of the distributive law of disjunction and interference--are exemplified in an emphatically non-quantal system: a deck of playing cards. Thus the appearance, in quantum mechanics, of incompatibility and these associated phenomena requires neither explanation nor interpretation.

oai_identifier:
oai:arXiv.org:quant-ph/0106072
categories:
quant-ph
comments:
18 pages. V6: Further clarification of discussions. "Nonreality" restored to paper (as per V4). As accepted by Found. Phys. Lett
arxiv_id:
quant-ph/0106072
journal_ref:
Found Phys Lett 16(3), 199-224 (2003)
created:
2001-06-12
updated:
2003-03-17

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