Kochen-Specker theorem

Name: Kochen-Specker theorem
Start: 2005
Location: University of Antwerp

Ostaeyen, Fred Van; Student

Fred Van Ostaeyen / Student University of Antwerp 2005

Recorded at University of Antwerp (2005), featuring Fred Van Ostaeyen, Student. From the Michael Wright Collection, held by the Archive Trust for Research in Mathematical Sciences & Philosophy.

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0:00 Well, in quantum mechanics, we go to the symbols, but the thing is that, well, it's precisely like a class of problems. Is that what you're trying to... No, the naive understanding will be that it's not possible. No, I find that that is quantum. Yes, that's possible.

32:30 What is the Penrose Configuration? Can you just remind me, I'm sorry, it's a long time ago. It's in his book, The Emperor's New Mind. It's not this polyomino. In general, it's the form. It's also considered the Dodecahedron.

35:00 Yeah. And in some tricky formulas, prizing in connection with Penrose, that would be important. Is that in his new book? Is that in his new book? It's in the... Not The Emperor's New Mind. No, no, no, the big one, the huge one that he's just... Oh, yeah, it's... No, it's not in there, I've just been wading through that and I... It's in Shadows of the Mind. No, no, no, no, this huge great big one that's... It's in Shadows of the Mind. No, no, the big one that came out last year. Yeah, I know, I know, but I say it's in Shadows of the Mind. No, I don't recall it, sorry. I'm pretty sure... You can't do that, but for examples, of course, it's a bit of a configuration. The general question was, how do you... Yeah, right. How do I construct this example? Right, right. So, if I apply that...