Re:The Omega Man: "Math is built on randomness"
by neilc on Friday November 28, 2008 @09:59PM
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This man's reputation in his declared field is nowhere near his apparent stature in his own mind
Really? He is one of the coinventors of Kolmogorov complexity, and Kolmogorov complexity certainly does shed a lot of light on the relationship between information, randomness, and complexity. While he is clearly a big ego and a shameless self-promoter, I think it's also fair to say that he is among the foremost experts on K-complexity and related topics.
Really? He is one of the coinventors of Kolmogorov complexity, and Kolmogorov complexity certainly does shed a lot of light on the relationship between information, randomness, and complexity. While he is clearly a big ego and a shameless self-promoter, I think it's also fair to say that he is among the foremost experts on K-complexity and related topics.