gwern comments on Estimating the kolmogorov complexity of the known laws of physics? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: gwern 15 July 2013 01:24:00AM 1 point [-]

My understanding is that solving Newton's equations for more than two bodies is not computable, to take just one example.

What do you mean?

Comment author: Strilanc 15 July 2013 06:40:49AM 0 points [-]

It's a reference to the three body problem, confusing incomputability with chaos.