München 2009 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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MP: Fachverband Theoretische und Mathematische Grundlagen der Physik

MP 2: Hauptvorträge

MP 2.2: Hauptvortrag

Dienstag, 10. März 2009, 09:45–10:30, M010

An Information-Geometric Approach to Complexity Theory — •Nihat Ay — MPI f. Mathematik i.d. Naturwissenschaften, Leipzig

In the first part of the talk, the information-geometric formalism will be introduced. Furthermore, based on the concept that the complexity of a system should reflect the extent to which that system, considered as a whole, cannot be characterized in terms of the properties of its parts, it will be demonstrated how information geometry provides a natural way to quantify complexity. In the second part of the talk, several results on complexity maximization will be presented. Finally, some open problems will be discussed.