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quant-ph2018★ 55 cited
Making better sense of quantum mechanics
N. David Mermin
We still lack any consensus about what one is actually talking about as one uses quantum mechanics. There is a gap between the abstract terms in which the theory is couched and the…
quant-ph2018★ 15 cited
Homer nodded: von Neumann's surprising oversight
N. David Mermin, Rüdiger Schack
We review the famous no-hidden-variables theorem in John von Neumann's 1932 book on the mathematical foundations of quantum mechanics. We describe the notorious gap in von Neumann'…
quant-ph2018★ 1.1k cited
Hidden Variables and the Two Theorems of John Bell
N. David Mermin
Although skeptical of the prohibitive power of no-hidden-variables theorems, John Bell was himself responsible for the two most important ones. I describe some recent versions of t…