The implications of a cosmological information bound for complexity, quantum information and the nature of physical law

Fluctuation and Noise Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Davies, P C W ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 37549051241     PISSN: 02194775     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219477507004021     Document Type: Article

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