Algorithmic Information Theory (Paperback)

Gregory J. Chaitin

ISBN 10: 0521616042 / ISBN 13: 9780521616041

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2004

Beschreibung

Paperback. Chaitin, the inventor of algorithmic information theory, presents in this book the strongest possible version of Goedel's incompleteness theorem, using an information theoretic approach based on the size of computer programs. One half of the book is concerned with studying the halting probability of a universal computer if its program is chosen by tossing a coin. The other half is concerned with encoding the halting probability as an algebraic equation in integers, a so-called exponential diophantine equation. Chaitin, the inventor of algorithmic information theory, presents in this book the strongest possible version of Godel's incompleteness theorem, using an information theoretic approach based on the size of computer programs. One half of the book is concerned with studying the halting probability of a universal computer if its program is chosen by tossing a coin. The other half is concerned with encoding the halting probability as an algebraic equation in integers, a so-called exponential diophantine equation. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Algorithmic Information Theory (Paperback)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0521616042
• ISBN-13: 9780521616041
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

Chaitin, the inventor of algorithmic information theory, presents in this book the strongest possible version of Gödel's incompleteness theorem, using an information theoretic approach based on the size of computer programs.

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