Randomness and complexity [[electronic resource] ] : from Leibniz to Chaitin / / editor, Cristian S. Calude

• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (466 p.)
• Disciplina: 519.23
• Soggetto topico: Kolmogorov complexity; Computational complexity; Stochastic processes
• Altri autori: CaludeCristian <1952-> ChaitinGregory J
• Note generali: In honour of Gregory Chaitin's 60th birthday.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Technical Contributions; 1. On Random and Hard-to-Describe Numbers Charles H. Bennett; 1. Berry's Paradox and the Unprovability of Randomness; 2. The Search for a "Random" Real Number; References; 2. Computing Beyond Classical Logic: SVD Computation in Nonassociative Dickson Algebras Francoise Chaitin-Chatelin; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. Nonassociativity of multiplication; 2.3. Nonassociative Dickson algebras; 2.3.1. Presentation of Dickson's doubling process; 2.3.2. Alternative vectors in Ak, k 4; 2.3.3. The splitting Ak = CDC;1 Dk, k 2 ; 2.4. SVD computation in Dk and Ak, k 32.4.1. c 2 Dk is doubly pure, k 4.; 2.4.2. Deriving the SVD of a in Ak from that of the tail c in Dk, for k 4; 2.4.3. Nonclassical derivation from c to a, k 3; 2.5. Is the nonclassical SVD derivation absurd?; 2.5.1. The conventional analysis; 2.5.2. Induction and nonclassical singular values; 2.6. Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References; 3. Janus-Faced Physics: On Hilbert's 6th Problem N. C. A. da Costa and F. A. Doria; 3.1. Prologue; 3.2. Hilbert's 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. Janus-faced 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 7.2.1. A three states CA by Banks; 7.3. CA over a hexagonal grid and three states; 7.4. Life automata; 7.4.1. Game of life; 7.4.2. Life without death; 7.5. Reversible models; 7.6. Sandpiles; 7.7. Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 8. Chaitin's 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 Hilbert's Tenth Problem ; 10.3. Expressing Omega Through Diophantine Equations
• Sommario/riassunto: 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. <i>Sample Chapter(s)</i><br>Chapter 1: On Random and Hard-to-Describe Numbers (902 KB)<br> <br><i>Contents:</i><ul><li>On Random and Hard-to-Describe Numbers <i>(C H Bennett)</i></li><li>The Implications of a Cosmological Information Bound for Complexity, Quantum Information and the Nature of Physical Law <i>(P C W Davies)</i></li><li>What is a Computation? <
• Titolo autorizzato: Randomness and complexity
• ISBN: 1-281-91160-7; 9786611911607; 981-277-083-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822222903321
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