Gregory J. Chaitin: The LIMITS of MATHEMATICS

Cover: 9781852336684 | The LIMITS of MATHEMATICS | Gregory J. Chaitin | Buch | XII | Englisch

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Beschreibung

As a teenager, Greg created independently of Kolmogorov and Solomonoff, what we call today algorithmic information theory, a sub ject of which he is the main architect. His 1965 paper on gedanken experiments on automata, which he wrote when he was in high school, is still of interest today. He was also heavily involved in IBM, where he has worked for almost thirty years, on the development of RISC technology. Greg's results are widely quoted. My favorite portrait of Greg can be found in John Horgan's-a writer for Scientific American-1996 book The End 01 Science. Greg has gotten many honors. He was a guest of distinguished people like Prigogine, the King and Queen of Belgium, and the Crown Prince of Japan. Just to be brief, allow me to paraphrase Bette Davis in All About Eve. She said, "Fasten your seat belts, it's going to be a bumpy talk!" Ladies and Gentlemen, Greg Chaitin! [Laughter & Applause] CRISTIAN CALUDE introducing GREGORY CHAITIN at the DMTCS'96 meeting at the University of Auckland.

Zusammenfassung

The final version of a course on algorithmic information theory and the epistemology of mathematics and physics

A new "hands on" approach to using LISP and Mathematica software

Supplementary material is available at the author's web site

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Randomness in arithmetic and the decline and fall of reductionism in pure mathematics.- Elegant LISP programs.- An invitation to algorithmic information theory.- The limits of mathematics.- Appendix. LISP interpreter in Mathematica.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2002
Fachbereich:	Grundlagen
Genre:	Mathematik
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Reihe:	Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Inhalt:	xii 150 S.
ISBN-13:	9781852336684
ISBN-10:	1852336684
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Chaitin, Gregory J.
Auflage:	1st ed. 1997. 2nd printing 2002
Hersteller:	Springer London Springer-Verlag London Ltd. Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Maße:	241 x 160 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Gregory J. Chaitin
Erscheinungsdatum:	28.10.2002
Gewicht:	0,424 kg

Artikel-ID: 103218568