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The Universe as Automaton: From Simplicity and Symmetry to Complexity

By Klaus Mainzer , Leon Chua

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2011
ISBN
3642234763, 9783642234767
ISSN
2191-5326
Google Books ID
21X_4SF9vP4C
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4588796 bytes)
Series
SpringerBriefs in Complexity
Edition
1st Edition.
Pages
117\117
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

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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