Hi Günther, That article in Wiki about Kolmogorov complexity http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov_complexity answers all these questions perfectly - better than me :-( ?
Regards, --Mikhail ----- Original Message ----- From: "Günther Greindl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group" <friam@redfish.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:34 PM Subject: Re: [FRIAM] When is something complex Hi, Mikhail Gorelkin wrote: > Just two thoughts: 1) it seems that complexity is a more fundamental category > than linearity / non-linearity, >which are parts of a sophisticated ***formal*** system; How would you imagine a complex system which is not non-linear? I would say that linear = proportianal relationships; non-linear -> arbitrary functional relationships. Not even non-linear would then imply _no_ relationships - so no complex system. 2) I assume there are types of complexity (and, therefore, many - I mean really many - types) > that cannot be expressed in any formal system (beyond linearity / > non-linearity). You mean systems that can't even be modeled computationally? I would not equate non-linear systems with those one can model with diff. eq. in closed form. >Something like Gödel's theorem. ? How that? Regards, Günther > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nicholas Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <friam@redfish.com> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 4:45 PM > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] When is something complex > > >> Alfredo, >> >> Good question. In fact, the question of the day, for the Hayes talk. >> >> Mysterious non linear effects in Hayes data leading to the conclusion good >> hearted efforts in one direction lead to the opposite result. >> >> I guess "mysterious non-linearity" is a good clue that the phenomenon is >> complex. >> >> Nick . >> >> >> >> >> >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:12:09 -0500 >>> From: Alfredo CV <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] **today ** Lecture Wed Sep 12 12:30p: Jim Hayes - >>> Hedging Complex and Chaotic Private Health Insurance Markets and the >>> Uninsured >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], The Friday Morning Applied Complexity >>> Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> >>> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >>> >>> >>> Hi >>> >>> Of course it?s impossible to me to know details of the speeches you >>> usually have. In the distance I suppose that the first purpose of each >>> one of these speeches is to know and evaluate a broad type of cases >>> where complexity is used to understand phenomena. I wonder what makes >>> some phenomena suitable to be studied with a "complex" approach. What >>> must somebody take in consideration to decide that is studying a complex >>> phenomena? >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> >>> Alfredo CV >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> ============================================================ >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College >> lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org >> > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org -- Günther Greindl Department of Philosophy of Science University of Vienna [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.univie.ac.at/Wissenschaftstheorie/ Blog: http://dao.complexitystudies.org/ Site: http://www.complexitystudies.org ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
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