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Algorithmic Information Theory: Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science 1
Chaitin, Gregory J. 1987. 175 pages.
Categories: Mathematics |
The only reason this doesn't get a "thumbs up" is because it is a less mature explanation
of his current work on Algorithmic Information Theory (AIT). But 14 years later, he brought
us three (most likely "thumbs up") books on AIT, entitled "The Unknowable", "The Limits
of Mathematics", and "Exploring Randomness" respectively. AIT is a blending of information
theory and complexity theory, which is perhaps the most promising new way to theoretically
formalize patterns and structures. This requires self-referential mathematics, for which
the author chooses LISP in all of his books.
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