Randomnicity : rules and randomness in the realm of the infinite / Anastasios A. Tsonis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tsonis, Anastasios A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chaotic behavior in systems.

Infinite.

Stochastic processes.

Physical Description:

xii, 191 p. : ill. (some col.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub. Co., c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Explores the definition, sources and role of randomness. This book explains as to why rules and randomness cannot exist by themselves, but instead have to coexist. It also presents examples, ranging from pure mathematical to natural and social processes, that demonstrate how the combination of rules and randomness produces the world we live in.

Contents:

pt. I. 1. The three parts of everything. 2. G�odel visits Escher's studio. G�odel's theorem. 3. Slippery road. 4. Fuller than full. 5. Cantor would have been pleased

pt. II. Sources of randomness. 6. A private lesson a long, long time ago. 7. The five faces of order. 8. Randomness of the first kind. 9. Randomness of the second kind. 10. Randomness of the third kind

pt. III. Randomness in the universe. 11. From Aristotle to Einstein. 12. The world according to an electron. 13. Chaos. 14. The supreme law. 15. Randomness of the fourth kind? 16. Connections. 17. Allowed behaviors

Part IV. The emergence of the real world. 18. The fractal character of nature. 19. Physics plus randomness. 20. Stochastic processes. 21. Self-organization. 22. The blueprint of life. 23. Human products and social phenomena. 24. The principle of minimum energy consumption

pt. V. The role of randomness. 25. Efficiency, paradoxes and beauty.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-187) and index.

ISBN:

9781848161986

1848161980

OCLC:

922951775