On Meaningful Scientific Laws / / by Jean-Claude Falmagne, Christopher Doble

• Autore: Falmagne Jean-Claude
• Pubblicazione: Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015
• Edizione: 1st ed. 2015.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (175 p.)
• Disciplina: 004
• Soggetto topico: Algorithms; Computer science—Mathematics; Difference equations; Functional equations; Philosophy and science; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Math Applications in Computer Science; Difference and Functional Equations; Philosophy of Science
• Persona (resp. second.): DobleChristopher
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Overview -- Extensive Measurement -- Functional Equations -- Abstract Axioms and their Representations -- Defining Meaningfulness -- Meaningfullness and Dimensional Invariance -- Propagating Axioms via Meaningfulness -- Meaningful Representation of Scientific Codes -- Order Invariance under Transformations -- Open Problems -- Bibliography -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The authors describe systematic methods for uncovering scientific laws a priori, on the basis of intuition, or "gedanken experiments". Mathematical expressions of scientific laws are, by convention, constrained by the rule that their form must be invariant with changes of the units of their variables. This constraint makes it possible to narrow down the possible forms of the laws. It is closely related to, but different from, dimensional analysis. It is a mathematical book, largely based on solving functional equations. In fact, one chapter is an introduction to the theory of functional equations.
• Titolo autorizzato: On Meaningful Scientific Laws
• ISBN: 3-662-46098-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910298964303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II