Gregory Chaitin OER/OCW Courses

A Century of Controversy over the Foundations of MathematicsEnglish
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Gregory Chaitin
 
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A Century of Controversy over the Foundations by Gregory @VideoLectures

I'll tell the dramatic story of the recent disputes over the foundations of mathematics. I'll start with the problems in Cantor's theory of infinite sets and then discuss the work... Watch Video

Complexity science in the 21st century: Keeping purpose in a random worldEnglish
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Lord Julian Hunt
Mauro Gallegati
Daniel Segre
Ricard V. Solé
Luciano Pietronero
Shlomo Havlin
Bernard Derrida
Gregory Chaitin
 
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Complexity science in the 21st century: by Lord Julian @VideoLectures

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Leibniz, Complexity and IncompletenessEnglish
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Gregory Chaitin
 
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Leibniz Complexity and Incompleteness by Gregory Chaitin @VideoLectures

I will discuss Leibniz's ideas on complexity (Discours de metaphysique, 1686), leading to modern work on program-size complexity, the halting probability and incompleteness. Leibniz... Watch Video

Nello Cristianini asking Gregory Chaitin about "Pattern"English
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Nello Cristianini
Gregory Chaitin
 
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This is an ultra short interview where the posed question is the one that even Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz posed to himself "What is the pattern" and what research did Gregory... Watch Video

Patterns, Randomness and InformationEnglish
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Gregory Chaitin
 
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Patterns Randomness and Informat by Gregory Chaitin @VideoLectures

Information, Complexity, Patterns, Randomness and Compression. And how these ideas can be traced back through Hermann Weyl to Leibniz in 1686, and connect them with Godel & Turing... Watch Video

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