Computation and its limits /

"Computation and its Limits is an innovative cross-disciplinary investigation of the relationship between computing and physical reality. It begins by exploring the mystery of why mathematics is so effective in science and seeks to explain this in terms of the modelling of one part of physical...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cockshott, W. Paul, 1952-
Otros Autores: Mackenzie, L. M., Michaelson, Greg, 1953-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
Temas:
Mathematics > Data processing.
Numerical analysis.
Electronic data processing.
Computer science.
Electronic Data Processing
Mathématiques > Informatique.
Analyse numérique.
Informatique.
COMPUTERS > Computer Literacy.
COMPUTERS > Computer Science.
COMPUTERS > Data Processing.
COMPUTERS > Hardware > General.
COMPUTERS > Information Technology.
COMPUTERS > Machine Theory.
COMPUTERS > Reference.
Computer science
Electronic data processing
Mathematics > Data processing
Numerical analysis
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. What is computation?
  • 3. Mechanical computers and their limits
  • 4. Logical limits to computing
  • 5. Heat, information, and geometry
  • 6. Quantum computers
  • 7. Beyond the logical limits of computing?
  • 8. Hypercomputing proposals.

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