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First principles of probability theory and some paradoxes in modern biology (comment on “21st century: what is life from the perspective of physics?” by G R Ivanitskii)


Urals State Technical University, ul. Mira 19, Ekaterinburg, 620002, Russian Federation

It is argued that a discussion of two paradoxes in the commented paper is at odds with some points of probability theory and well-known optimization theorems.

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Citation: Melkikh A V "First principles of probability theory and some paradoxes in modern biology (comment on "21st century: what is life from the perspective of physics?" by G R Ivanitskii)" Phys. Usp. 54 429–430 (2011)
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Received: 15th, June 2010, 15th, September 2010

Оригинал: Мелких А В «Первые принципы теории вероятностей и некоторые парадоксы современной биологии (комментарий к статье Г.Р. Иваницкого ‘XXI век: что такое жизнь с точки зрения физики’)» УФН 181 449–451 (2011); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201104o.0449

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