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The discussion centers on the Free Will Theorem and its implications for quantum mechanics, particularly in relation to Bell's theorem. The TWIN axiom is highlighted, which states that if experimenter A performs three measurements on twinned spin-1 particles, experimenter B's single measurement in the same direction yields predictable results. Questions arise regarding the necessity of B's single measurement and the relationship between measurement directions and wave function collapse. The conversation references specific literature, including the arXiv paper and a related AMS notice, emphasizing the need for further study on the connection between measurement directions and quantum behavior.

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http://arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/0604079
The TWIN axiom:. For twinned spin 1 particles, if the first experimenter
A performs a triple experiment for the frame (x, y, z), producing the result
x → j, y → k, z → l while the second experimenter B measures a single
spin in direction w, then if w is one of x, y, z, its result is that w → j, k, or l,
respectively.
1. Why the second experimenter performs only single spin measurement. If the first one performs three measurements, the second one could also perform three.?
2. I here included measurements of the second one in the direction, for instance, 45° acording to x and y axes.

Lemma: There is no 101-function for the ±33 directions of Figure 1.
How 33 directions in cube picture in the article are connected with those measurements of spin^2?
 
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Now, I went through http://www.ams.org/notices/200902/rtx090200226p.pdf
and I partially followed the ideas. In principle they rotate only one xyz axis for 45° in some directions and they controll if functions 101 agree with pre-existence of different rotations. I need to study more precisely.

This is improvement of Bell's theorem. Does Free-Will-Theorem tells anything about that free will decision about directions of measurement is connected with free will of a wave function how it will collapse?
 

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