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Randomnicity: Rules And Randomness In The Realm Of The Infinite

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Paperback/English

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Description

This unique book explores the definition, sources and role of randomness. A joyful discussion with many non-mathematical and mathematical examples leads to the identification of three sources of randomness: randomness due to irreversibility which inhibits us from extracting whatever rules may underlie a process, randomness due to our inability to have infinite power (chaos), and randomness due to many interacting systems. Here, all sources are found to have something in common: infinity. The dis
ISBN

9781848162051

Publisher

Imperial College Press

Publication Date

2008-09-24

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