On Meaningful Scientific Laws

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Falmagne, Jean-Claude (Συγγραφέας), Doble, Christopher (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2015.
• Θέματα: Computer science.; Philosophy and science.; Algorithms.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Difference equations.; Functional equations.; Computer Science.; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity.; Math Applications in Computer Science.; Difference and Functional Equations.; Philosophy of Science.

The authors describe systematic methods for uncovering scientific laws a priori, on the basis of intuition, or "gedanken experiments". Mathematical expressions of scientific laws are, by convention, constrained by the rule that their form must be invariant with changes of the units of thei...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Overview
• Extensive Measurement
• Functional Equations
• Abstract Axioms and their Representations
• Defining Meaningfulness
• Meaningfullness and Dimensional Invariance
• Propagating Axioms via Meaningfulness
• Meaningful Representation of Scientific Codes
• Order Invariance under Transformations
• Open Problems
• Bibliography
• Index.