Farhan Ali

Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

Hello there! I am a Masters student in Computer Science at EPFL. My research interest broadly lie in Theoretical Computer Science, with a special focus on Complexity Theory and Graph Algorithms.

Prior to this, I obtained my Bachelor of Technology in Computer Science and Engineering from IIIT-Delhi. I have further benefited from doing projects and teaching alongside various professors of the amazing IIIT-Delhi Theory Group.

Apart from academics and research, you’ll often find me cooking some obscure recipes I found on the internet or even arguing with strangers. Despite my best wishes, I am amazing at failing everything.

latest posts

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selected publications

PhysRev

Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality Be Considered Complete?

A. Einstein^*†, B. Podolsky^*, and N. Rosen^*

Phys. Rev., New Jersey. More Information can be found here , May 1935

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In a complete theory there is an element corresponding to each element of reality. A sufficient condition for the reality of a physical quantity is the possibility of predicting it with certainty, without disturbing the system. In quantum mechanics in the case of two physical quantities described by non-commuting operators, the knowledge of one precludes the knowledge of the other. Then either (1) the description of reality given by the wave function in quantum mechanics is not complete or (2) these two quantities cannot have simultaneous reality. Consideration of the problem of making predictions concerning a system on the basis of measurements made on another system that had previously interacted with it leads to the result that if (1) is false then (2) is also false. One is thus led to conclude that the description of reality as given by a wave function is not complete.