Computer Science

Last modified on June 18, 1997
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Computer Science
Last modified on June 18, 1997
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Computer Science
What is Computer Science?

The contrast between the physical model of computing and the algebraic one raises a number of questions:

  1. Are the two models equivalent?

  2. How are the two models connected?

  3. How does the need to compute on real hardware affect computing?

  4. Does the abstract model, in the absence of physical limitations, pose any limitations on computations?

  5. What other models of computing are there? Does the brain compute?
These questions naturally suggest what the core of the computing discipline is about. They also suggest a number of lectures on various topics, e.g., the halting problem, algoritmica, etc.

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