The statistical algorithm of quantum mechanics predicts that measurements will reveal correlations among the values of magnitudes (“►observables”). Whenever such measurements have been performed, they have borne out the predictions. But the patterns exhibited by these correlations can be difficult to square with classical intuitions – about probability, about the nature and properties of quantum systems, and about causal connections between systems.
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Healey, R. (2009). Correlations in Quantum Mechanics. In: Greenberger, D., Hentschel, K., Weinert, F. (eds) Compendium of Quantum Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70626-7_38
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