From Heisenberg to Gödel via Chaitin

International Journal of Theoretical Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1053-1065

  Svozil, Karl ^a   Calude, Cristian S ^b   Stay, Michael A ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 29144487387     PISSN: 00207748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10773-005-7081-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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