Turing

Turing's Work on the Riemann Hypothesis

Alan Turing (1912-54) is a well-known name for a variety of reasons.

Jan 24 •

Jørgen Veisdal

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

John von Neumann's 1935 letter to Oswald Veblen

The book John von Neumann: Selected Letters* by Miklós Rédei (2005) is a fascinating collection of 150 of John von Neumann (1903-57)’s correspondences…

Aug 30, 2024 •

Jørgen Veisdal

When Turing met Wittgenstein (1939)

Famously, after obtaining his Ph.D.

Apr 22, 2024 •

Jørgen Veisdal

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

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

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