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Nature 434, 1073 (28 April 2005) | doi:10.1038/4341073a; Published online 27 April 2005
Concept Predicting with unpredictability
Gianpietro Malescio1
- Gianpietro Malescio is in the Department of Physics, University of Messina, 98166 Messina, Italy.
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Abstract
Random numbers: from stone casting to computers to radioactive decay, the generation of random sequences has always preoccupied mankind.
Making predictions is one of the main goals of science. Traditionally this implies writing down, and solving, the equations governing the system under investigation.
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