INFORMATION-THEORETIC INCOMPLETENESS: 35 (WORLD SCIENTIFIC SERIES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE) - Hardcover

Chaitin, G J

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9810212089 ISBN 13: 9789810212087

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd, 1992

Synopsis

In this mathematical autobiography, Gregory Chaitin presents a technical survey of his work and a nontechnical discussion of its significance. The volume is an essential companion to the earlier collection of Chaitin's papers Information, Randomness and Incompleteness, also published by World Scientific.The technical survey contains many new results, including a detailed discussion of LISP program size and new versions of Chaitin's most fundamental information-theoretic incompleteness theorems. The nontechnical part includes the lecture given by Chaitin in Gšdel's classroom at the University of Vienna, a transcript of a BBC TV interview, and articles from New Scientist, La Recherche, and the Mathematical Intelligencer.

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Review

"Chaitin has produced very deep results, with tremendous impact on mathematics, computer technology and philosopy (and, in particular, on GIT). His new book is another piece of jewellery in his (already) large gallery." Cristian Calude Bulletin (EATCS) "The book under review is an extraordinary mathematical monograph." M I Dekhtyar Mathematical Reviews "... the reviewer found the book most stimulating and highly recommends it." A A Mullin Mathematics Abstracts

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9810212089
• ISBN 13: 9789810212087
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 238