Chaotic Dynamics Applied to Biological Information Processing /
Nicolis, John S.
Chaotic Dynamics Applied to Biological Information Processing / John S. Nicolis. - Reprint 2021 - 1 online resource (120 p.) - Mathematical Ecology .
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 . Introduction -- 2. Symmetry and symmetry breaking. Information generation -- 3. Collisions versus iterations: A basic isomorphism between physical and symbolic dynamics (see also Appendix) -- 4. Lyapunov exponents of chaotic flows in multidimensional state space. The non-uniform factor NUF -- 5. A typical three-dimensional strange attractor. The Lorenz model -- 6. Parameters characterizing the average behaviour of chaotic strange attractors (dimensions, entropies, and Lyapunov exponents) -- 7. The electrical activity of the brain - should it be chaotic? -- 8. The problem of computational complexity -- 9. Application to cognitive processess: The "magic number seven" plus-minus two revisited -- 10. Intermlttency In perception and communication processes -- 11 . Thermodynamics of (fractal) curves and patterns In the plane -- 12. Concluding remarks -- Appendix: A physical system composed of N hard spheres -- References
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9783112541357 9783112541364
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SCIENCE / System Theory.
Chaotic Dynamics Applied to Biological Information Processing / John S. Nicolis. - Reprint 2021 - 1 online resource (120 p.) - Mathematical Ecology .
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 . Introduction -- 2. Symmetry and symmetry breaking. Information generation -- 3. Collisions versus iterations: A basic isomorphism between physical and symbolic dynamics (see also Appendix) -- 4. Lyapunov exponents of chaotic flows in multidimensional state space. The non-uniform factor NUF -- 5. A typical three-dimensional strange attractor. The Lorenz model -- 6. Parameters characterizing the average behaviour of chaotic strange attractors (dimensions, entropies, and Lyapunov exponents) -- 7. The electrical activity of the brain - should it be chaotic? -- 8. The problem of computational complexity -- 9. Application to cognitive processess: The "magic number seven" plus-minus two revisited -- 10. Intermlttency In perception and communication processes -- 11 . Thermodynamics of (fractal) curves and patterns In the plane -- 12. Concluding remarks -- Appendix: A physical system composed of N hard spheres -- References
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9783112541357 9783112541364
10.1515/9783112541364 doi
SCIENCE / System Theory.