Quantum Mechanics and Algorithmic Randomness

Details Quantum Mechanics and Algorithmic Randomness Quantum Mechanics and Algorithmic Randomness

1998-06-18

arxiv.org/abs/quant-ph/9806059v2

Physics

Quantum Physics

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A long sequence of tosses of a classical coin produces an apparently random bit string, but classical randomness is an illusion: the algorithmic information content of a classically-generated bit string lies almost entirely in the description of initial conditions. This letter presents a simple argument that, by contrast, a sequence of bits produced by tossing a quantum coin is, almost certainly, genuinely (algorithmically) random. This result can be interpreted as a strengthening of Bell's no-hidden-variables theorem, and relies on causality and quantum entanglement in a manner similar to Bell's original argument.

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