Mysteries of mathematics and computation (Q1323030)
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Mysteries of mathematics and computation (English)
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10 May 1994
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This article discusses theory and practice in computer science, from a new theory of complexity and computability more suited to scientific computation to the difficulties of tracing ideas from theory into practice. The immediate relevance of Turing's universal machine to the first American stored program machines is called into question.
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Turing's universal machine
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