Towards a description of complexity (physics)

Towards a Description of (Physical) Complexity
seminar from group Science, Reason and Faith.
Diego Maza. Pamplona, February 23rd, 2023

Diego Maza is a professor of Physics and Applied Mathematics the School of Science the University of Navarra. He is also a faculty tutor thesis director Degree the UNED. His research interests research chaos and nonlinear dynamics, and complex fluids. Nearly two decades ago, he established the laboratory Granular Media laboratory , where significant experiments have been conducted with both fundamental scientific interest and potential industrial applications. He has an extensive issue publications in specialized journals and a long professor career. He has also taken an interest in the epistemological aspects of his work and, in particular, in the meaning and nature of complexity in the physical world. This concept has sparked particular interest in recent years due to its implications for how we account for the order we find in Nature.

summary:
Synergy, criticality, self-organization, etc., are just some of the terms the scientific community uses to address the challenge of complex systems. In general, the very concept of complexity is elusive and lacks a universally accepted definition, which has not prevented the emergence issue a wide issue metrics that attempt to quantify it. However, internship of these approaches are inspired by—if not a direct consequence of—formal tools introduced to study systems in equilibrium, which, by definition, are the antithesis of what they aim to describe. This seminar review some of the paradigmatic problems associated with the concept of a “complex system,” offering a evaluation of the epistemological challenges involved in accurately describing experimental evidence and the conclusions drawn from it.