The Universe as Automaton: From Simplicity and Symmetry to Complexity

by Klaus Mainzer and Leon O. Chua

This Brief is an essay at the interface of philosophy and complexity research, trying to inspire the reader with new ideas and new conceptual developments of cellular automata. Going beyond the numerical experiments of Steven Wolfram, it is argued that cellular automata must be considered complex dynamical systems in their own right, requiring appropriate analytical models in order to find precise answers and predictions in the universe of cellular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642234763
• ISBN13: 9783642234767
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 8.9"