Concept

Hidden-variable theory

Overview

any theory of quantum mechanics where probabilistic outcomes are actually determined precisely by unobservable internal variables

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Related ideas

• Wave function
• Hans Reichenbach
• John von Neumann
• David Bohm
• Quantum indeterminacy
• Niels Bohr
• Probability
• Physics
• Simplicity
• Quantum mechanics
• Quantum entanglement
• Theory of relativity
• Uncertainty principle
• Werner Heisenberg
• Determinism
• Thought experiment
• Louis de Broglie
• De Broglie–Bohm theory
• Interpretations of quantum mechanics
• Max Born
• Albert Einstein
• Consistency
• Quantum nonlocality
• Many-worlds interpretation

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Part of Interpretations of quantum mechanics.

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