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Turing's Work on the Riemann Hypothesis
Alan Turing (1912-54) is a well-known name for a variety of reasons.
Jan 24
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Jørgen Veisdal
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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
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Jørgen Veisdal
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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
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Jørgen Veisdal
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When Turing met Wittgenstein (1939)
Famously, after obtaining his Ph.D.
Apr 22, 2024
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Jørgen Veisdal
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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
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Jørgen Veisdal
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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
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Jørgen Veisdal
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