[FRIAM] Kinds of complexity

2006-08-09 Thread Pamela McCorduck
As a followup to an on-line discussion, the face-to-face FRIAM group last week spoke some more about kinds of complexity.  I mentioned a paper of Seth Lloyd's, which is called "Measures of Complexity: A non-exhaustive list."  I have a hard copy, undated, and retrieved from Joe Traub's files,.  I

Re: [FRIAM] Kinds of complexity

2006-08-09 Thread Robert Holmes
On 8/9/06, Pamela McCorduck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip...In fact, asking for the true mathematical definition of complexity today is like asking for the true mathematical definition of electricity in 1800: to understand electricity, it turned out to be much more productive to define several