Church–Turing thesis

thesis about the nature of computable functions
Intangible scientific_hypothesis Q309157

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🏷️ Also known as
en Church–Turing thesis en Turing–Church thesis en Church's conjecture en Church-Turing thesis en Church–Turing conjecture en Turing's thesis en Church's thesis ar أطروحة تشرش-تورينغ cs Churchova teze cs Churchova-Turingova teze cs Turingova teze cs Church-Turingova teze da Church-Turing-tesen de Turing-These de Church'sche These de These von Church de Church-Turing-These de Churchsche These de Church-These es Conjetura de Church Turing
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Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
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ScienceDirect topic ID
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy ID
church-turing
Treccani's Enciclopedia della Matematica ID
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Summary

Church–Turing thesis is a scientific hypothesis[1].

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History and Context

Things named after include Alonzo Church[2], a mathematician[6], 1903–1995[7], of United States[8], specialised in mathematical logic[9] and Alan Turing[3], a computer scientist[10], 1912–1954[11], of United Kingdom[12], awarded the Fellow of the Royal Society[13], specialised in cryptanalysis[14].

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