paradoxes of randomness

Riad S. Wahby rsw at jfet.org
Mon Aug 18 10:26:12 PDT 2003


Tim May <timcmay at got.net> wrote:
> But, as I said in my last post, before you try to understand 
> algorithmic information theory, you need to learn the basics of 
> probability. Without understanding things like combinations and 
> permutations, binomial and Poisson distributions, the law of large 
> numbers, standard deviations, etc., your philosophizing will be 
> ungrounded.

A good place to learn the basics:

http://web.jfet.org/6.041-text/

-- 
Riad Wahby
rsw at jfet.org
MIT VI-2 M.Eng





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