Title page for E-project-051509-073137

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2009-05-15

Author
Elizabeth Gould, egould@WPI.EDU, PH

URN E-project-051509-073137

Title Proofs of the Kochen-Specker Theorem in 3 Dimensions

Advisor
Aravind, Padmanabhan K., PH

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
This project examines two sets of rays in three dimensions that prove the Bell-Kochen-Specker theorem, the 33 rays of Peres and the 33 rays of Penrose. It is shown that these rays possess identical orthogonality tables and thus lead to identical proofs of the theorem. It is also shown that these sets of rays are particular members of a three parameter family of 33 rays that prove the theorem.

Files
MQPReport.pdf
There is one file which has been withheld at the advisor's request.

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2009-05-15
Author	Elizabeth Gould, egould@WPI.EDU, PH
URN	E-project-051509-073137
Title	Proofs of the Kochen-Specker Theorem in 3 Dimensions
Advisor	Aravind, Padmanabhan K., PH
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract This project examines two sets of rays in three dimensions that prove the Bell-Kochen-Specker theorem, the 33 rays of Peres and the 33 rays of Penrose. It is shown that these rays possess identical orthogonality tables and thus lead to identical proofs of the theorem. It is also shown that these sets of rays are particular members of a three parameter family of 33 rays that prove the theorem.
Files	MQPReport.pdf There is one file which has been withheld at the advisor's request.