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29/1998

On the notion of complexity

Jürgen Jost

Abstract

We propose a new dynamic notion of complexity that can be used as a quantitative measure for the categorizing capacity of gradient type and other dynamical systems. Applications to the evaluation of the complexity of texts and cognitive systems are discussed.

Received:
Jul 6, 1998
Published:
Jul 6, 1998

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