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Birkhoff's aesthetics, Arnheim's entropy. Some remarks on complexity and fuzzy entropy in arts

Marco Elio TabacchiDMI, Università degli Studi di Palermo;Istituto Nazionale di Ricerche Demopolis, ItalyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Settimo TerminiDMI, Università degli Studi di Palermo;ECSC, Mieres (Spain)
Pages 1103-1115 | Received 09 Jul 2015, Accepted 05 Oct 2015, Published online: 13 Nov 2015

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