An entangled pair is represented by one joint amplitude table, not two separately completed single-particle ledgers. The table entries are exact only for the stated basis and amplitudes; real experiments add preparation error, detector inefficiency, basis misalignment, decoherence, and finite statistics.

Two quantum particles can be described by one joint amplitude table. Exact arithmetic here means exact results for the stated model inputs; measured inputs still carry uncertainty and significant-figure limits.

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A pair has one joint amplitude table

The nonzero joint amplitudes sit on the zero-zero and one-one same-outcome cells. Each has probability 1/2.

Psame cells=12P_{\text{same cells}}=\frac{1}{2}
Joint state tableThe table is one two-particle quantum state.001/sqrt(2)P=1/2010P=0100P=0111/sqrt(2)P=1/2det = 1/2not product

Only the same-outcome cells are populated

The joint table is read cell by cell before any single correlation sentence is made.

cellProlezero-zero12samezero-one0mixedone-one12same\begin{array}{c|c|c}\text{cell}&P&\text{role}\\\text{zero-zero}&\frac{1}{2}&\text{same}\\\text{zero-one}&0&\text{mixed}\\\text{one-one}&\frac{1}{2}&\text{same}\\\end{array}
Joint-cell scanThe nonzero cells are exactly the same-outcome cells.001/sqrt(2)P=1/2010P=0100P=0111/sqrt(2)P=1/2det = 1/2not product

The mixed cells have zero probability

The zero-one and one-zero mixed cells have probability 0 in this basis.

Pmixed cells=0P_{\text{mixed cells}}=0
Joint probabilitiesEvery displayed probability is squared from an amplitude.001/sqrt(2)P=1/2010P=0100P=0111/sqrt(2)P=1/2det = 1/2not product