1989 lectures in complex systems

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6397484

Jen, E ^[1]

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1. ed.; Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)

This report contains papers on the following topics: Lectures on a Theory of Computation and Complexity over the Reals; Algorithmic Information Content, Church-Turing Thesis, Physical Entroph, and Maxwell's Demon; Physical Measures of Complexity; An Introduction to Chaos and Prediction; Hamiltonian Chaos in Nonlinear Polarized Optical Beam; Chemical Oscillators and Nonlinear Chemical Dynamics; Isotropic Navier-Stokes Turbulence. I. Qualitative Features and Basic Equations; Isotropic Navier-Stokes Turbulence. II. Statistical Approximation Methods; Lattice Gases; Data-Parallel Computation and the Connection Machine; Preimages and Forecasting for Cellular Automata; Lattice-Gas Models for Multiphase Flows and Magnetohydrodynamics; Probabilistic Cellular Automata: Some Statistical Mechanical Considerations; Complexity Due to Disorder and Frustration; Self-Organization by Simulated Evolution; Theoretical Immunology; Morphogenesis by Cell Intercalation; and Theoretical Physics Meets Experimental Neurobiology.

• Research Organization: Santa Fe Inst., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: FG05-89ER25075
• OSTI ID: 6397484
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER/25075-1; CONF-8906239-Vol.2; ISBN: 0-201-50936-9; TRN: 90-034180
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1989 complex systems summer school, Santa Fe, NM (USA), 5-30 Jun 1989; Related Information: Santa Fe Institute studies in the sciences of complexity
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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