Chapter 7

	Chapter 7: Mechanisms in Programs and Nature Section 1 Universality of Behavior 297 Section 2 Three Mechanisms for Randomness 299 Section 3 Randomness from the Environment 301 Section 4 Chaos Theory and Randomness from Initial Conditions 304 Section 5 The Intrinsic Generation of Randomness 315 Section 6 The Phenomenon of Continuity 327 Section 7 Origins of Discreteness 337 Section 8 The Problem of Satisfying Constraints 342 Section 9 Origins of Simple Behavior 351 RELATED LINKS Notes for this chapter Downloadable programs for this chapter Downloadable images Search Forum for this chapter Post a comment NKS | Online FAQs

From Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science [citation]