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We elaborate in some detail on a new phase space approach to complexity, due to Y.-C. Zhang. We show in particular that the connection between maximal complexity and power law noise or correlations can be derived from a simple variational principle. For a 1D signal we find 1/f noise, in accordance with Zhang.
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Fogedby, H.C. On the phase space approach to complexity. J Stat Phys 69, 411–425 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01053799
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01053799