The EPR Paradox of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of Four Unpublished Letters between A. Einstein and the Mathematician J. L. B. Cooper
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2507.11736v1
- Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2025 18:26:32 GMT
- Title: The EPR Paradox of Quantum Mechanics in the Light of Four Unpublished Letters between A. Einstein and the Mathematician J. L. B. Cooper
- Authors: P. L. Butzer, D. E. Edmunds, G. Roepstorff, G. Schmeisser, R. L. Stens,
- Abstract summary: Two letters written by Cooper, and the replies from Einstein, all written between October and December 1949, are retyped from the original ones.<n>The lack of agreement, arising from very different points of view, is analysed.
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- Abstract: This paper presents correspondence between Albert Einstein and the mathematical analyst J. L. B. Cooper on the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen (EPR) paradox of quantum theory published in 1935. Two letters written by Cooper, and the replies from Einstein, all written between October and December 1949, are retyped from the original ones. Furthermore, Einstein's second letter, which he wrote in German, is translated into English. The lack of agreement, arising from very different points of view, is analysed, taking into account the complex underlying mathematical and physical factors that arise naturally in connection with the EPR paradox.
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