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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...

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Published in:Monist Vol. 82; no. 1; pp. 150 - 164
Main Authors: Sieg, Wilfried, Byrnes, John
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Jan1999
Subjects:
Parallel computers
Computer science
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