In Praise of Quantum Uncertainty
Quantum uncertainty has a tremendous explanatory power. Coherent superposition, quantum equations of motion, entanglement, nonlocal correlations, dynamical nonlocality, contextuality, discord, counterfactual protocols, weak measurements, quantization itself, and even preservation of causality can be...
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| description | Quantum uncertainty has a tremendous explanatory power. Coherent superposition, quantum equations of motion, entanglement, nonlocal correlations, dynamical nonlocality, contextuality, discord, counterfactual protocols, weak measurements, quantization itself, and even preservation of causality can be traced back to quantum uncertainty. We revisit and extend our previous works, as well as some other works of the community, in order to account for the above claims. Special emphasis is given to the connection between uncertainty and nonlocality, two notions which evolved quite independently and may seem distinct but, in fact, are tightly related. Indeterminism, or more precisely, locally consistent indeterminism, should be understood as the enabler of most quantum phenomena (and possibly all of them). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-11b7d1f449e844d984f3ff2f3fa3c16b2022-12-22T04:01:25ZengMDPI AGEntropy1099-43002020-03-0122330210.3390/e22030302e22030302In Praise of Quantum UncertaintyEliahu Cohen0Avishy Carmi1Faculty of Engineering & the Institute of Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials, Bar Ilan University, Ramat Gan 5290002, IsraelCenter for Quantum Information Science and Technology & Faculty of Engineering Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheba 8410501, IsraelQuantum uncertainty has a tremendous explanatory power. Coherent superposition, quantum equations of motion, entanglement, nonlocal correlations, dynamical nonlocality, contextuality, discord, counterfactual protocols, weak measurements, quantization itself, and even preservation of causality can be traced back to quantum uncertainty. We revisit and extend our previous works, as well as some other works of the community, in order to account for the above claims. Special emphasis is given to the connection between uncertainty and nonlocality, two notions which evolved quite independently and may seem distinct but, in fact, are tightly related. Indeterminism, or more precisely, locally consistent indeterminism, should be understood as the enabler of most quantum phenomena (and possibly all of them).https://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/22/3/302quantum mechanicsuncertaintyindeterminismquantum nonlocalityentanglementcontextuality |
| spellingShingle | Eliahu Cohen Avishy Carmi In Praise of Quantum Uncertainty Entropy quantum mechanics uncertainty indeterminism quantum nonlocality entanglement contextuality |
| title | In Praise of Quantum Uncertainty |
| title_full | In Praise of Quantum Uncertainty |
| title_fullStr | In Praise of Quantum Uncertainty |
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| title_short | In Praise of Quantum Uncertainty |
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| topic | quantum mechanics uncertainty indeterminism quantum nonlocality entanglement contextuality |
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