Causality and Nonlocality as Axioms for Quantum Mechanics∗
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Quantum mechanics permits nonlocality—both nonlocal correlations and nonlocal equations of motion—while respecting relativistic causality. Is quantum mechanics the unique theory that reconciles nonlocality and causality? We consider two models, going beyond quantum mechanics, of nonlocality: “superquantum” correlations, and nonlocal “jamming” of correlations. These models are consistent with some definitions of nonlocality and causality.
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