Entropic And Cold Jigsaws In A Schumpeterian Economy

Abstract

A jigsaw puzzle is an amusement which consists in completing a given form or figure, which for the sake of argument we may call a landscape, by adding pieces smaller than the unity of the universe in such a way that their addition constitutes a particular combination. At this point we should separate pieces from this definition. First, we have the universe, a single body composed of parts or pieces in which no part is missing and none is superfluous. Secondly, the manner in which we position the pieces implies a specific mathematical combination, which may range from total individuality to total combination. Absolute simplicity means pieces having the same form and variables, for example colour and shape, such that placing any of them anywhere would in itself define the landscape. Absolute combination is a universe or landscape made up of different pieces formed in such a way that each has only one place; it is thus a combination of a total combination defined by all possible combinations.