Displaying 1 of 1 2005 Format: Book Author: Chaitin, Gregory J. Title: Meta math! : the quest for omega / Gregory Chaitin. Edition: 1st ed. Publisher, Date: New York : Pantheon Books, 2005. Description: xiv, 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Summary: Explores the enigmas, paradoxes, and random qualities that exist within the field of mathematics and discusses the author's groundbreaking discovery of the Omega number, a complex representation of unknowability. Subjects: Machine theory. Computational complexity. Stochastic processes. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-206) and index. Contents: Three strange loves: Primes/Gödel/LISP -- Digital information: DNA/Software/Leibniz -- Intermezzo -- The labyrinth of the continuum -- Complexity, randomness & incompleteness. Web Site: Sample text Contributor biographical information Publisher description LCCN: 2005043044 ISBN: 0375423133 9780375423130 Other Number: 57693267 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 159768 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 510 Chaitin Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
