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The Universe as Automaton: From Simplicity and Symmetry to Complexity

By Klaus Mainzer , Leon Chua (auth.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year
2012
ISBN
3642234763, 9783642234767
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-23477-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4176489 bytes)
Series
SpringerBriefs in Complexity
Edition
1
Pages
108\117
Scanned
yes
Time added
2012-03-10 16:00:00
Dynamical Systems and Complexity;Artificial IntellStatistical Physics

Description

This Brief is an essay at the interface of philosophy and complexity research, trying to inspire the reader with new ideas and new conceptual developments of cellular automata. Going beyond the numerical experiments of Steven Wolfram, it is argued that cellular automata must be considered complex dynamical systems in their own right, requiring appropriate analytical models in order to find precise answers and predictions in the universe of cellular automata. Indeed, eventually we have to ask whether cellular automata can be considered models of the real world and, conversely, whether there are limits to our modern approach of attributing the world, and the universe for that matter, essentially a digital reality.

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