Coincidences are not accidental: A theorem

Authors
Kreinovich, V
Citation
V. Kreinovich, Coincidences are not accidental: A theorem, CYBERN SYST, 30(5), 1999, pp. 429-440
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
AI Robotics and Automatic Control
Journal title
CYBERNETICS AND SYSTEMS
ISSN journal
01969722 → ACNP
Volume
30
Issue
5
Year of publication
1999
Pages
429 - 440
Database
ISI
SICI code
0196-9722(199907/08)30:5<429:CANAAT>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
In this paper, we formalize and prove the statement that coincidences canno t be accidental, a statement that underlies many useful heuristics in mathe matics and physics. Our proof uses a version of Kolmogorov complexity, a technique originally d eveloped to describe randomness and "accidentalness."