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Article #2172Re: What exactly is a "computational process"?
From: P.M.
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:47
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 00:47
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"keith stein" <ks012a2355@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message news:<RMyc7.108700> random state transitions are not meaningful. > > > > Alternatively, maybe a computational process is anything the results > > in a decrease of entropy. I hope someone else can jump in here with a > > much better answer than I have attempted. > > Using your alternative definition, and the second law on thermodynamics, > i have computed that there are exactly ZERO computational processes eh! > Why? Should I have said "a local decrease in entropy, where entropy is used in the information theoretic sense)"? That's why I was hoping for some other people to give a rigorous answer to this question. > keith stein
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