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Randomness and complexity : from Leibniz to Chaitin /

The book is a collection of papers written by a selection of eminent authors from around the world in honour of Gregory Chaitin's 60th birthday. This is a unique volume including technical contributions, philosophical papers and essays.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Calude, Cristian, 1952-, Chaitin, Gregory J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2007.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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245 0 0 |a Randomness and complexity :  |b from Leibniz to Chaitin /  |c editor, Cristian S. Calude. 
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505 0 |a Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Technical Contributions -- 1. On Random and Hard-to-Describe Numbers Charles H. Bennett -- 1. Berrys Paradox and the Unprovability of Randomness -- 2. The Search for a 8220;Random Real Number -- References -- 2. Computing Beyond Classical Logic: SVD Computation in Nonassociative Dickson Algebras Fran184;coise Chaitin-Chatelin -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Nonassociativity of multiplication -- 2.3. Nonassociative Dickson algebras -- 2.4. SVD computation in Dk and Ak, k 3 -- 2.5. Is the nonclassical SVD derivation absurd? -- 2.6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgement -- References -- 3. JanusFaced Physics: On Hilberts 6th Problem N.C.A. da Costa and F.A. Doria -- 3.1. Prologue -- 3.2. Hilberts 6th Problem -- 3.3. A review of axiomatization techniques -- 3.4. Structures, species of structures, models -- 3.5. Axiomatization in mathematics -- 3.6. Suppes predicates for classical field theories in physics -- 3.7. Generalized incompleteness -- 3.8. Higher degrees -- 3.9. The function and the arithmetical hierarchy -- 3.10. First applications: mechanics and chaos theory -- 3.11. Janusfaced physics -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 4. The Implications of a Cosmological Information Bound for Complexity, Quantum Information and the Nature of Physical Law P.C.W. Davies -- 4.1. What are the laws of physics? -- 4.2. Laws as software -- 4.3. The quantum vacuum -- 4.4. Quantum information processing -- 4.5. Unfinished business -- Acknowledgments -- Footnotes -- 5. What Is a Computation? Martin Davis -- The Turing Post Language -- Codes for Turing Post Programs -- The Universal Program -- The Halting Problem -- Other Unsolvable Problems -- Undecidable Statements -- Complexity and Randomness -- Unsolvability of Halting Problem -- An Unsolvable Word Problem -- 6. On the Kolmogorov-Chaitin Complexity for Short Sequences Jean-Paul Delahaye and Hector Zenil -- References -- 7. Circuit Universality of Two Dimensional Cellular Automata: A Review A. Gajardo and E. Goles -- 7.1. Introduction -- 7.2. Computing through signals -- 7.3. CA over a hexagonal grid and three states -- 7.4. Life automata -- 7.5. Reversible models -- 7.6. Sandpiles -- 7.7. Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- 8. Chaitins Graph Coloring Algorithm James Goodman -- References -- 9. A Berry-type Paradox Gabriele Lolli -- References -- 10. in Number Theory Toby Ord and Tien D. Kieu -- 10.1. Recursive Enumerability, Algorithmic Randomness and -- 10.2. Diophantine Equations and Hilberts Tenth Problem -- 10.3. Expressing Omega Through Diophantine Equations -- References -- 11. The Secret Number. An Exposition of Chaitins Theory Grzegorz Rozenberg and Arto Salomaa -- 11.1. Introduction -- 11.2. Compressibility of information and randomness. An informal discussion -- 11.3. Prefix-freeness and Krafts inequality -- 11.4. Computer: a formal notion -- 11.5. Universal computer -- 11.6. Complexity -- 11.7. Fundamental inequalities -- 11.8. Computational and information-theoretic complexity -- 11.9. Self-delimiting programs -- 11.10. Randomness: intuitive considerations -- 11.11. Probability and complexity -- 11.12. Degree of randomness -- 11.13. Magic bits: pro. 
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