Bell's theorem

in quantum physics, the theorem that locally causal hidden-variable theories cannot reproduce correlations predicted by quantum mechanics
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Bell's theorem

Summary

Bell's theorem is a no-go theorem[1]. It draws 1,083 Wikipedia views per month (no_go_theorem category, ranking #1 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Bell's theorem's image is recorded as Bell-test-photon-analyer.svg[3].
  • Bell's theorem's instance of is recorded as no-go theorem[4].
  • Bell's theorem's instance of is recorded as correlation inequality[5].
  • John Stewart Bell is named after Bell's theorem[6].
  • Bell's theorem's GND ID is recorded as 4328478-4[7].
  • Bell's theorem's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh89004982[8].
  • Bell's theorem's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 122642503[9].
  • Bell's theorem's IdRef ID is recorded as 031426166[10].
  • Bell's theorem's part of is recorded as list of theorems[11].
  • Bell's theorem's Commons category is recorded as Bell's theorem[12].
  • +1964-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Bell's theorem[13].
  • Bell's theorem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0flmk[14].
  • Bell's theorem's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0008766[15].
  • Bell's theorem's described by source is recorded as On the Einstein Podolsky Rosen Paradox / J. S. Bell. - (1964)[16].
  • Bell's theorem's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/Bells-inequality[17].
  • Bell's theorem's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://physics.stackexchange.com/tags/bells-inequality[18].
  • Bell's theorem's FAST ID is recorded as 830165[19].
  • Bell's theorem's studied by is recorded as quantum physics[20].
  • Bell's theorem's Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID is recorded as bell-theorem[21].
  • Bell's theorem's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as bell-theoreme-de-bell[22].
  • Bell's theorem's NE.se ID is recorded as bells-teorem[23].
  • Bell's theorem's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as bells-theorem[24].
  • Bell's theorem's nLab ID is recorded as Bell's theorem[25].
  • Bell's theorem's nLab ID is recorded as Bell's inequalities[26].
  • Bell's theorem's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Bells_teorem[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Bell's theorem include Bell test experiments[28], a scientific theory[29].

Why It Matters

Bell's theorem draws 1,083 Wikipedia views per month (no_go_theorem category, ranking #1 of 5).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

Entities named for it include Bell test experiments[28], a scientific theory[29].

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  6. [8] . Library of Congress Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . Faceted Application of Subject Terminology. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  19. [21] . Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

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  1. [28] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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