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- My First Paper with Dr. Z. : Bijective and Automated Approaches to Abel Sums
- My Notices AMS Paper on Quantum Computers - Eight Years Later, a Lecture by Dorit Aharonov, and a Toast to Michael Ben-Or
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- Nostalgia corner: John Riordan's referee report of my first paper
- TYI 30: Expected number of Dice throws
- Updates from Cambridge
- The AC0 Prime Number Conjecture
- Elchanan Mossel's Amazing Dice Paradox (your answers to TYI 30)
- ICM 2022. Kevin Buzzard: The Rise of Formalism in Mathematics
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Tag Archives: Physics
Itamar Pitowsky: Probability in Physics, Where does it Come From?
I came across a videotaped lecture by Itamar Pitowsky given at PITP some years ago on the question of probability in physics that we discussed in two earlier posts on randomness in nature (I, II). There are links below to … Continue reading
Posted in Obituary, Philosophy, Physics, Probability
Tagged Itamar Pitowsky, Philosophy of science, Physics, Probability
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Randomness in Nature II
In a previous post we presented a MO question by Liza about randomness: What is the explanation of the apparent randomness of high-level phenomena in nature? 1. Is it accepted that these phenomena are not really random, meaning that given enough … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Physics, Probability
Tagged foundation of probability, Philosophy, Physics, Randomness
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Randomness in Nature
Here is an excellent question asked by Liza on “Mathoverflow“. What is the explanation of the apparent randomness of high-level phenomena in nature? For example the distribution of females vs. males in a population (I am referring to randomness in terms … Continue reading
Posted in Probability
Tagged foundation of probability, Mathoverflow, Philosophy, Physics, Randomness
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