The solution to the "Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox"

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2208.13831v3
• Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2022 19:21:28 GMT
• Title: The solution to the "Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox"
• Authors: Roman Schnabel
• Abstract summary: In 1935, Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen reported on a thought experiment that they believed showed that quantum theory provided an incomplete description of reality. Today it is known that quantum theory is both complete and correct. The EPR thought experiment, while also correct, has yet to have a natural physical explanation and has since been considered part of a paradox. I do not refer to any interpretation of quantum theory, but show independently why the apparently logical statement of EPR about reality is false.
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• Abstract: In 1935, Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen (EPR) reported on a thought experiment that they believed showed that quantum theory provided an incomplete description of reality. Today it is known that quantum theory is both complete and correct. The EPR thought experiment, while also correct, has yet to have a natural physical explanation and has since been considered part of a paradox. Here I solve the paradox. I do not refer to any interpretation of quantum theory, but show independently why the apparently logical statement of EPR about reality is false. I show that the EPR thought experiment with corrected logic does not at all support the existence of "local realism" as already refuted by the experimental violations of Bell inequalities. I also show that EPR experiments are a direct consequence of the existence of true randomness and the conservation of energy. I see my work as an important building block in finally making quantum physics understandable.

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