An abstract model for parallel computations: Gandy's thesis[a].
Comments on the claim that any discrete deterministic mechanical device must satisfy the restrictive principles of local causation and unique assembly or `Gandy's Thesis'. Analysis of the notion of machine computation; Determinisrtic calculations; Physical considerations constraining machine comput...
| Publicado en: | Monist Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 150 - 164 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Jan1999
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| Sumario: | Comments on the claim that any discrete deterministic mechanical device must satisfy the restrictive principles of local causation and unique assembly or `Gandy's Thesis'. Analysis of the notion of machine computation; Determinisrtic calculations; Physical considerations constraining machine computations; Principles to obey in parallel computations. |
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