Randomness and complexity : from Leibniz to Chaitin / editor, Cristian S. Calude.
| Other author | Calude, Cristian, 1952- |
| Other author | Chaitin, Gregory J. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, ©2007. |
| Description | xviii, 445 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Technical Contributions -- 1. On Random and Hard-to-Describe Numbers / Charles H. Bennett -- 2. Computing Beyond Classical Logic: SVD Computation in Nonassociative Dickson Algebras / Francoise Chaitin-Chatelin -- 3. Janus-Faced Physics: On Hilbert's 6th Problem / N. C. A. da Costa and F. A. Doria -- 4. The Implications of a Cosmological Information Bound for Complexity, Quantum Information and the Nature of Physical Law / P. C. W. Davies -- 5. What Is a Computation? / Martin Davis -- 6. On the Kolmogorov-Chaitin Complexity for Short Sequences / Jean-Paul Delahaye and Hector Zenil -- 7. Circuit Universality of Two Dimensional Cellular Automata: A Review / A. Gajardo and E. Goles |
| General note | In honour of Gregory Chaitin's 60th birthday. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2008295620 |
| ISBN | 9812770828 |
| ISBN | 9789812770820 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | QA267.7 .R36 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |