An extended Wigner's friend no-go theorem inspired by generalized contextuality
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2502.02461v1
- Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:31:57 GMT
- Title: An extended Wigner's friend no-go theorem inspired by generalized contextuality
- Authors: Laurens Walleghem, Lorenzo Catani,
- Abstract summary: We show the inconsistency of quantum theory with the joint assumptions of Absoluteness of Observed Events and Operational Agency.
Our result generalizes the Local Friendliness no-go theorem and is stronger than no-go theorems based on generalized noncontextuality.
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- Abstract: The renowned Local Friendliness no-go theorem demonstrates the incompatibility of quantum theory with the combined assumptions of Absoluteness of Observed Events -- the idea that observed outcomes are singular and objective -- and Local Agency -- the requirement that the only events correlated with a setting choice are in its future light cone. This result is stronger than Bell's theorem because the assumptions of Local Friendliness are weaker than those of Bell's theorem: Local Agency is less restrictive than local causality, and Absoluteness of Observed Events is encompassed within the notion of realism assumed in Bell's theorem. Drawing inspiration from the correspondence between nonlocality proofs in Bell scenarios and generalized contextuality proofs in prepare-and-measure scenarios, we present the Operational Friendliness no-go theorem. This theorem demonstrates the inconsistency of quantum theory with the joint assumptions of Absoluteness of Observed Events and Operational Agency, the latter being a weaker version of noncontextuality, in the same way that Local Agency is a weaker version of local causality. Our result generalizes the Local Friendliness no-go theorem and is stronger than no-go theorems based on generalized noncontextuality.
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