There are four kinds of randomness: ontic, epistemic, pseudo and…
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On “Why” and “What” of randomness Soubhik Chakraborty Department of Applied Mathematics Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra Ranchi-835215 INDIA Email: soubhikc@yahoo.co.in If the numbers are not random, they are at least higgledy-piggledy. - George Marsaglia (1984), quoted by D. E. Knuth on p. 179 of ref [5] Extended Abstract: This paper has several objectives. First, it separates randomness from lawlessness and shows why even genuine randomness does not imply lawlessness.…
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