Turing is among us

نویسنده

  • Luís Moniz Pereira
چکیده

Turing's BLOCKIN BLOCKIN present-­‐day BLOCKIN BLOCKIN and BLOCKIN BLOCKIN all-­‐time BLOCKIN BLOCKIN relevance BLOCKIN BLOCKIN arises BLOCKIN BLOCKIN from BLOCKIN BLOCKIN the BLOCKIN BLOCKIN timelessness BLOCKIN BLOCKIN of BLOCKIN BLOCKIN the issues he tackled, and the innovative light he shed upon them. Turing first defined the algorithmic limits of computability, when determined via effective mechanism, and showed the generality of his definition by proving its equivalence to other general, but less algorithmic, non-­‐mechanical, more abstract formulations of computability. In truth, his originality much impressed Gödel, for the simplicity of the mechanism BLOCKIN BLOCKIN invoked—what BLOCKIN BLOCKIN we BLOCKIN BLOCKIN nowadays BLOCKIN BLOCKIN call BLOCKIN BLOCKIN a BLOCKIN BLOCKIN Turing BLOCKIN BLOCKIN Machine BLOCKIN BLOCKIN (or BLOCKIN BLOCKIN program)— and for the proof of existence of a Universal Turing Machine (what we call digital computer)—which can demonstrably mimic any other Turing Machine, that is, execute any program. Indeed, Turing Machines simply rely on having a finite-­‐ state BLOCKIN

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • J. Log. Comput.

دوره 22  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2012