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I like Kolmogorov a lot (father of modern probability) and have heard of his complexity but need to study that and see how it applies to physics.
by graycat 9y ago
I like Kolmogorov a lot (father of modern probability) and have heard of his complexity but need to study that and see how it applies to physics.
- cyphar 9y agoKolmogorov complexity isn't directly related to physics (and I would argue it also falls into philosophy in this case), but what GP was saying is that the complexity of the universe far exceeds the complexity of the laws that govern it. So really the laws of physics are very simple if you consider how complicated the systems they produce are. You can fit the laws that govern the entirety of particle physics on a single page. Add another quarter-page for general relativity and you have all of the laws required to run our universe (on paper).