Randomness in Quantum Mechanics: Philosophy, Physics and Technology

TL;DR

This paper provides an interdisciplinary overview of quantum randomness, discussing its philosophical, physical, and technological aspects, aimed at a broad audience with elementary and advanced insights.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive, accessible review of recent developments in quantum randomness across multiple disciplines, integrating philosophical, physical, and technological perspectives.

Findings

Quantum randomness is fundamental to quantum theory.

Recent technological advances enable practical quantum randomness generation.

Interdisciplinary approaches deepen understanding of quantum randomness.

Abstract

This progress report covers recent developments in the area of quantum randomness, which is an extraordinarily interdisciplinary area that belongs not only to physics, but also to philosophy, mathematics, computer science, and technology. For this reason the article contains three parts that will be essentially devoted to different aspects of quantum randomness, and even directed, although not restricted, to various audiences: a philosophical part, a physical part, and a technological part. For these reasons the article is written on an elementary level, combining very elementary and non-technical descriptions with a concise review of more advanced results. In this way readers of various provenances will be able to gain while reading the article.