Tsirelson bound

noun

An upper limit to quantum mechanical correlations between distant events.

Meanings

nounTsirelson bound (plural Tsirelson bounds)

plural Tsirelson bounds

  1. quantum mechanicsAn upper limit to quantum mechanical correlations between distant events.

Origin

Named after Boris S. Tsirelson, the author of the paper in which the first one was derived.

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