On Thu, Feb 07, 2013 at 11:06:36PM -0700, Steve Smith wrote: > Nick - > > I recently read (probably in Russell's work or in one of the > references it took me to (Tegmark?)) a quote that "complexity is a > quality, not a quantity" (attributed to whom?). >
Could be me, but if so its been misquoted. I distinguish complexity as a quality versus complexity as a quantity in the paper "Concept and Definition of Complexity"*, which I originally wrote for an encyclopedia article, which was eventually canned when the editor gave up due to time pressures, and was later revived as a book chapter. *Almost all my papers are available in full text, linked from my website (see below). -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Principal, High Performance Coders Visiting Professor of Mathematics hpco...@hpcoders.com.au University of New South Wales http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com
