The Universe as Automaton From Simplicity and Symmetry to Complexity /

This booklet is an essay at the interface of philosophy and complexity research, trying to inspire the reader with new ideas and new conceptual developments of cellular automata.  Going beyond the numerical experiments of Steven Wolfram, it is argued that cellular automata must be considered complex...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Mainzer, Klaus (Autor), Chua, Leon (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
Edición:1st ed. 2012.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Complexity, 1
Temas:
System theory.
Artificial intelligence.
Dynamics.
Nonlinear theories.
Computer science.
Neurosciences.
Mathematical physics.
Complex Systems.
Artificial Intelligence.
Applied Dynamical Systems.
Theory of Computation.
Neuroscience.
Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Leibniz,Turing Zuse, and Beyond
  • Simplicity in the Unviverse of Cellular Automata
  • Complexity in the Universe of Cellular Automata
  • Symmetry in the Universe of Cellular Automata
  • Attractors in the Universe of Cellular Automata
  • Time in the Universe of Cellular Automata
  • Matter in the Universe of Cellular Automata
  • Life and Brain in the Universe of Cellular Automata
  • Outlook: Is the Universe a Computer?.

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