Please keep in mind a distinction between the use of the term 'complexity' in ordinary conversation (William Falkner's novels are complex) verses complexity in the mathematical sense (the capacity to give rise to virtually unlimited and unpredictable higher-order patterns - often associated with chaos and self-organizing systems aka non-linear dynamic systems, etc.) I am wondering if an individual string in string theory can be considered complex in the mathematical sense, or would complexity arise only from the interactions of a bunch of strings? Logical argument for or against would be appreciated, as well as links/references to where I might find discussions of this topic.
2007-01-02
02:40:27
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