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What's wrong with a simplification if it's accurate? We can't all be geniuses, I know I'm not. Here's Chaitin's layman's description of his theory: http://pl
by yters 18y ago
What's wrong with a simplification if it's accurate? We can't all be geniuses, I know I'm not.
Here's Chaitin's layman's description of his theory:
http://plus.maths.org/issue37/features/omega/feat.pdf http://plus.maths.org/issue37/features/omega/feat.pdf
His book about getting there:
http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/math/pdf/0404/0404335v7.pdf http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/math/pdf/0404/0404335v7.pdf
And the halting problem thrown in for good measure:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem
BTW, if someone wants karma, I haven't submitted any of the other Chaitin links. The book, at least, would probably be worth something.
- brl 18y agoWow, thanks for posting those links! I read the first two chapters of the book and I must say that Chaitin is a brilliantly lucid and entertaining writer. I am pretty much mathematically illiterate but I am still enjoying his book immensely.
- yters 18y agoHere is another book of his I found: http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~chaitin/unknowable/ch6.html http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~chaitin/unknowable/ch6.html