1994-07-26 - Continum of numbers and Turing Machines

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From: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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Message ID: <199407262350.SAA01647@zoom.bga.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-26 23:50:49 UTC
Raw Date: Tue, 26 Jul 94 16:50:49 PDT

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From: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jul 94 16:50:49 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Continum of numbers and Turing Machines
Message-ID: <199407262350.SAA01647@zoom.bga.com>
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Hi all,

Just a thought,

Seems to me that a Turing Machine can't simulate a continous section of
R for a simple reason, computers can only work on rational numbers and 
a continous section would have irrationals in it.

Take care.

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• 1994-07-26 (Tue, 26 Jul 94 16:50:49 PDT) - Continum of numbers and Turing Machines - Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
  • 1994-07-27 (Tue, 26 Jul 94 19:20:03 PDT) - Re: Continum of numbers and Turing Machines - Berzerk <berzerk@xmission.xmission.com>
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      • 1994-07-28 (Wed, 27 Jul 94 20:24:19 PDT) - Continum of numbers and Turing Machines - “Dietrich J. Kappe” <kap1@wimpy.cpe.uchicago.edu>
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