Ramsey theory implies that complete disorder is impossible.… - Ivars Peterson

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Ramsey theory implies that complete disorder is impossible. Somehow, no matter how complicated, chaotic, or random something appears, deep within that morass lurks a smaller entity that has a definite structure. Striking regularities are bound to arise even in a universe that has no rules.

Ivars Peterson

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About Ivars Peterson

Ivars Peterson (born 4 December 1948) is an award-winning mathematics writer.

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Richard Hamming Henri Poincaré Stanisław Ulam John von Neumann Benoit Mandelbrot

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In mathematics, in science, and in life, we constantly face the delicate, tricky task of separating design from happenstance.

The aim of science is to reduce the scope of chance.

Randomness, chaos, uncertainty, and chance are all a part of our lives. They reside at the ill-defined boundaries between what we know, what we can know, and what is beyond our knowing. They make life interesting.

Ramsey theory implies that complete disorder is impossible. Somehow, no matter how complicated, chaotic, or random something appears, deep within tha… - Ivars Peterson

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