Computer Program Self-Discovers Laws of Physics | Wired Scien...
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- Percyodi on 2009-05-05 - Tags SU , a , i , ai , Tags
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Lipson and Schmidt designed their program to identify linked factors within a dataset fed to the program, then generate equations to describe their relationship. The dataset described the movements of simple mechanical systems like spring-loaded oscillators, single pendulums and double pendulums — mechanisms used by professors to illustrate physical laws.
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on 2009-04-06 by zigarth
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Turns out, some of these equations were very familiar: the law of conservation of momentum, and Newton's second law of motion.
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