The solution to the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox

Roman Schnabel

Published 2022-08-29Version 1

In 1935, Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen (EPR) reported on a thought experiment that they believed showed that quantum theory provided an incomplete description of reality. Today it is known that quantum theory is both complete and correct. The EPR thought experiment, while also correct, had no natural physical explanation until now and has since been considered a paradox. Here I solve the paradox. I do not refer to any interpretation of quantum theory but present a simple thought experiment and show that EPR's seemingly logical statement on which they base their conclusion is false. I show that with corrected logic, the EPR thought experiment supports the opposite, namely the non-existence of local realism. I also show that EPR experiments are a direct consequence of the existence of true randomness and the conservation of energy. I see my work as an important building block in finally making quantum physics understandable.