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<> "The repository administrator has not yet configured an RDF license."^^ . <> . . "Coincidence, data compression, and Mach’s concept \nof “economy of thought” \n"^^ . "A case is made that Mach’s principle of “economy of thought”, and therefore usefulness, is related to the compressibility of data, but that a mathematical expression may compress data for reasons that are sometimes coincidental and sometimes not. An expression, therefore, may be sometimes explainable and sometimes not. A method is proposed for distinguishing coincidental data compression from non-coincidental, where this method may serve as a guide in uncovering new mathematical relationships. The method works by producing a probability that a given mathematical expression achieves its compression purely by chance."^^ . "2004-06" . . . . . . . "J. S."^^ . "Markovitch"^^ . "J. S. Markovitch"^^ . . . . . . "Coincidence, data compression, and Mach’s concept \nof “economy of thought” \n (PDF)"^^ . . . . . . "APRI-PH-2004-12b.pdf"^^ . . . "Coincidence, data compression, and Mach’s concept \nof “economy of thought” \n (Image (PNG))"^^ . . . . . . "preview.png"^^ . . . "Coincidence, data compression, and Mach’s concept \nof “economy of thought” \n (Indexer Terms)"^^ . . . . . . "indexcodes.txt"^^ . . "HTML Summary of #3667 \n\nCoincidence, data compression, and Mach’s concept \nof “economy of thought” \n\n\n" . "text/html" . . . "Complexity Theory" . . . "Philosophy of Science" . .