Location: TBA

September 25, 2009- 3:30 p.m.
Gregory Chaitin
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Centre (Emeritus)

Mathematics, Biology and Metabiology

It would be nice to have a mathematical understanding of basic biological concepts
and to be able to prove that life must evolve in very general circumstances.
At present we are far from being able to do this.
But I'll discuss some partial steps in this direction plus what I regard as a possible future line of attack.

(For more information, see http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~chaitin/jack.html
and http://www.umcs.maine.edu/~chaitin/ufrj.html.)

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