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Irreducibility and Computational Equivalence

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Description for Irreducibility and Computational Equivalence Hardcover. This book examines some of the major contributions of Stephen Wolfram's best-selling classic, A New Kind of Science, ten years after its publication. Editor(s): Zenil, Hector. Series: Emergence, Complexity and Computation. Num Pages: 360 pages, biography. BIC Classification: UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.

It is clear that computation is playing an increasingly prominent role in the development of mathematics, as well as in the natural and social sciences. The work of Stephen Wolfram over the last several decades has been a salient part in this phenomenon helping founding the field of Complex Systems, with many of his constructs and ideas incorporated in his book A New Kind of Science (ANKS) becoming part of the scientific discourse and general academic knowledge--from the now established Elementary Cellular Automata to the unconventional concept of mining the Computational Universe, from today's widespread Wolfram's Behavioural Classification to his ... Read more

 

This volume, with a Foreword by Gregory Chaitin and an Afterword by Cris Calude, covers these and other topics related to or motivated by Wolfram's seminal ideas, reporting on research undertaken in the decade following the publication of Wolfram's NKS book. Featuring 39 authors, its 23 contributions are organized into seven parts:

 

Mechanisms in Programs & Nature

Systems Based on Numbers & Simple Programs Social and Biological Systems & Technology Fundamental Physics The Behavior of Systems & the Notion of Computation Irreducibility & Computational Equivalence Reflections and Philosophical Implications.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
Series
Emergence, Complexity and Computation
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642354816
SKU
V9783642354816
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