Contextualist viewpoint to Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger paradox

Abstract We present probabilistic analysis of the Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger (GHZ) scheme in the contextualist framework, namely under the assumption that distributions of hidden variables depend on settings of measurement devices. On one hand, we found classes of probability distributions of hidden variables for that the GHZ scheme does not imply a contradiction between the local realism and quantum formalism. On the other hand, we found classes of probability distributions of hidden variables for that the GHZ scheme still induce such a contradiction (despite variations of distributions). It is also demonstrated that (well known in probability theory) singularity/absolute continuity dichotomy for probability distributions is closely related to the GHZ paradox. Our conjecture is that this GHZ coupling between singularity/absolute continuity dichotomy and incompatible/compatible measurements might be a general feature of quantum theory.

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