The concept of computability (Q1434377)
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The concept of computability (English)
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4 August 2004
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A polemic in which the philosopher author presumes to tell computer scientists what topics they ``would be better off focusing'' on. According to Cleland, computer scientists are woefully off-base about their own subject because ``Turing machines do not provide us with genuine procedures''. The paper contains various other startling claims, such as that without real/complex analysis, abstract algebra would disappear.
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Entscheidungsproblem
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Hilbert
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Turing machine
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computability
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