Physics and Computation
Part of Elements in the Philosophy of Physics
- Author: Armond Duwell, University of Montana
- Date Published: September 2021
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009108553
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This Element has three main aims. First, it aims to help the reader understand the concept of computation that Turing developed, his corresponding results, and what those results indicate about the limits of computational possibility. Second, it aims to bring the reader up to speed on analyses of computation in physical systems which provide the most general characterizations of what it takes for a physical system to be a computational system. Third, it aims to introduce the reader to some different kinds of quantum computers, describe quantum speedup, and present some explanation sketches of quantum speedup. If successful, this Element will equip the reader with a basic knowledge necessary for pursuing these topics in more detail.
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- Date Published: September 2021
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781009108553
- length: 75 pages
- dimensions: 228 x 151 x 6 mm
- weight: 0.136kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Turing's 1936 Paper
3. The Church-Turing Thesis and the Physical Church-Turing Thesis
4. Accounts of Computational Implementation
5. Quantum Computers
6. Quantum Speedup
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