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The Entscheidungsproblem (1930s)
In the early 1930s, the provincial town of Princeton, New Jersey was already well on its way to becoming a hotbed for mathematical exploration.
Oct 4, 2024 • 
Jørgen Veisdal
22
When Turing met Wittgenstein (1939)
Famously, after obtaining his Ph.D.
Apr 22, 2024 • 
Jørgen Veisdal
18
Turing Uncomputability
As Leibniz suggested, we appear to live in the best of all possible worlds, where the computable functions make life predictable enough to be…
Aug 13, 2021 • 
Jørgen Veisdal
15
Alan Turing in America
“Beyond the way they speak, there is only one (no two!) features of American life which I find really tiresome. The impossibility of getting a bath in…
May 14, 2021 • 
Jørgen Veisdal
6
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