Index
J combinator, 1123
Jacobi, Carl G. J. (Germany, 1804–1851)
and sums of four squares, 910
JacobiP (Jacobi polynomial)
and trinomial coefficients, 1091
JacobiSN (Jacobi elliptic function)
asymptotic oscillation of, 917
and background for PDE, 924
and logistic map formulas, 1098
in solution of spinning top, 1133
JacobiSymbol
and Hadamard matrices, 1073
and quadratic residues, 1090
and spectra, 1081
Jacquard, Joseph-Marie (France, 1752–1834)
and programmable looms, 1107
Jamming-resistant radio
and shift registers, 878
Jansky, Karl G. (USA, 1905–1950)
and radio astronomy, 1188
Japanese work on CAs, 877
Java (computer language)
and chaos experiments, 919
and computer communication, 1182
as example of language, 1109
and register machines, 101
Jellies
large alkanes as, 1194
Jen, Erica (USA, 1952– )
in Preface, xiii
and rule 30, 871
Jet stream, 1001
Jets
turbulence in, 377
Jevons, W. Stanley (England, 1835–1882)
and logic machines, 1107
Job, Book of
and understanding nature, 876
Johnson noise, 968
Join
in lattice theory, 1153
Join (join lists)
as associative function, 1094
basic example of, 853
evaluation chains based on, 1095
theorems about, 1168
Joint denial
as name for Nor, 1173
Joints
characteristic shapes of, 1183
Jones, James P. (USA/Canada, 1941– )
and Diophantine equations, 1161
Josephus problem, 909
Joule, James P. (England, 1818–1889)
and nature of heat, 1019
Judaism
and free will, 1135
and human uniqueness, 1195
as rejecting animism, 1195
Judgement
as crucial in modelling, 365
in social sciences, 9
Julesz, Bela (Hungary/USA, 1928–[2003])
and texture perception, 1076
Julia, Gaston M. (France, 1893–1978)
and iterated maps, 879
Julia sets, 933, 934
analog of in tree space set, 1006
Junctional calculus, 803, 1170
possible models of, 805
theorems in, 813
Jupiter
and extraterrestrial life, 1179
radio emissions from, 1187
Red Spot of, 377, 999