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Topic:
randomness
Topic:
chaotic behavior
Group:
philosophy of mathematics
Topic:
Turing machine
Group:
information
Topic:
Kolmorgorov and algorithmic complexity

Reference

Chaitin, G.J., Exploring Randomness, London, Springer-Verlag, 2001. Google

Quotations
17 ;;Quote: maybe pure mathematics is random; e.g., distribution of the primes; there's nothing there to prove
20 ;;Quote: the halting probability is a well-defined real number with no mathematical structure; the bits are random
46 ;;Quote: with densely packed information, a random change to a meaningful message is meaningful
111 ;;Quote: something is random iff it is incompressible


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