#!/usr/bin/env python # coding: utf-8 # ![Just a banner](https://github.com/ianmcloughlin/images/raw/master/banner-flowers.jpg) # # # Stochasticism # ### Determinism # #
# In[2]: def f(x): return x*x for i in range(1000): if f(2) != 4: print("Error") # ### Are computers deterministic? # #
# # # [A mathematical theory of communication](http://math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entropy/entropy.pdf) # # Claude Elwood Shannon; The Bell System Technical Journal; Volume 27, Issue 3, July 1948 # # [http://math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entropy/entropy.pdf](http://math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entropy/entropy.pdf) # # --- # # [Error detecting and error correcting codes](https://signallake.com/innovation/hamming.pdf) # # Richard W. Hamming; The Bell System Technical Journal; Volume 29, Issue 2, April 1950 # # [https://signallake.com/innovation/hamming.pdf](https://signallake.com/innovation/hamming.pdf) # ### Is reality deterministic? # #
# # [What Does the New Double-Slit Experiment Actually Show?](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/what-does-the-new-double-slit-experiment-actually-show/) # # Scientific American; Matthew Francis; June 7 2011 # # [https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/what-does-the-new-double-slit-experiment-actually-show/](https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/what-does-the-new-double-slit-experiment-actually-show/) # # # --- # # [Simulating Physics with Computers](https://github.com/ianmcloughlin/papers/raw/master/feynman-simulating-physics-with-computers.pdf) # # International Journal of Theoretical Physics; Volume 21; June 1982 # # # [https://github.com/ianmcloughlin/papers/raw/master/feynman-simulating-physics-with-computers.pdf](https://github.com/ianmcloughlin/papers/raw/master/feynman-simulating-physics-with-computers.pdf) # # # --- # # In[ ]: