E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten, eBook
Chaitin Conversations with a Mathematician
2002
ISBN: 978-1-4471-0185-7
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Math, Art, Science and the Limits of Reason
E-Book, Englisch, 158 Seiten, eBook
ISBN: 978-1-4471-0185-7
Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
"Chaitin has put a scratch on the rock of eternity."
Jacob T. Schwartz, Courant Institute, New York University, USA
"(Chaitin is) one of the great ideas men of mathematics and computer science."
Marcus Chown, author of The Magic Furnace, in NEW SCIENTIST
"Finding the right formalization is a large component of the art of doing great mathematics."
John Casti, author of Mathematical Mountaintops, on Godel, Turing and Chaitin in NATURE
"What mathematicians over the centuries - from the ancients, through Pascal, Fermat, Bernoulli, and de Moivre, to Kolmogorov and Chaitin - have discovered, is that it ÄrandomnessÜ is a profoundly rich concept."
Jerrold W. Grossman in the MATHEMATICAL INTELLIGENCER
Zielgruppe
Popular/general
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
A century of controversy over the foundations of mathematics (Lecture).- How to be a mathematician (TV interview).- The creative life: science vs. art (Interview).- Algorithmic information theory & the foundations of mathematics (Lecture).- Randomness in arithmetic (TV interview).- The reason for my life (Interview).- Undecidability & randomness in pure mathematics (Lecture).- Math, science & fantasy (Interview).- Sensual mathematics (TV interview).- Final thoughts.- Recommended further reading.




