The Limits of Mathematics

Textbook Title: The Limits of Mathematics

Textbook Description:
This free online textbook covers algorithmic information theory and the epistemology of mathematics and physics. It discusses Einstein and Goedel’s views on the nature of mathematics in the light of information theory, and sustains the thesis that mathematics is quasi-empirical.

Author: Gregory J. Chaitin
Subjects: Mathematics, Physics
Key words: Mathematics, Physics
Download URL: http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~chaitin/lm.html

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