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Turing Machines and Understanding Computational Complexity

Computational Complexity 2013-08-26 v1

Abstract

We describe the Turing Machine, list some of its many influences on the theory of computation and complexity of computations, and illustrate its importance.

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@article{arxiv.1201.1223,
  title  = {Turing Machines and Understanding Computational Complexity},
  author = {P. M. B. Vitanyi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.1223},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

9 pages, 1 figure, LaTeX. To appear in: Alan Turing - His Work and Impact, Elsevier

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