Well, I'm not a sequential machine although my wife has her doubts. Thanks for the algebraic geometry suggestions. Jon Zingale and I will try to master the subject. Others may join us on Saturday mornings if they wish.
Frank ----------------------------------- Frank Wimberly My memoir: https://wacsequentisl mww.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly My scientific publications: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 Phone (505) 670-9918 On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 5:16 PM John Kennison <jkenni...@clarku.edu> wrote: > Hi Frank, > > > I didn't realize it was supposed to be a joke --it seemed like a relevant > example. I'm not an algebraic geometer but: > > > . . . there is a historical survey in > https://www.ime.usp.br/~pleite/pub/artigos/abhyankar/abhyankar.pdf > Historical Ramblings in Algebraic Geometry and Related Algebra > <https://www.ime.usp.br/~pleite/pub/artigos/abhyankar/abhyankar.pdf> > www.ime.usp.br > Historical Ramblings in Algebraic Geometry and Related Algebra Author(s): > Shreeram S. Abhyankar Source: The American Mathematical Monthly, Vol. 83, > No. 6 (Jun. - Jul ... > > > <https://www.ime.usp.br/~pleite/pub/artigos/abhyankar/abhyankar.pdf>If > you read that you can tell if you like Ahbyankar's style. He wrote a more > thorough survey in 295 pages called "Algebraic Geometry for Scientists and > Engineers'' (including computer scientists. > > > --John > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> on behalf of Frank Wimberly < > wimber...@gmail.com> > *Sent:* Saturday, October 27, 2018 5:53:53 PM > *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] Open Letter, draft #2 > > Sorry, John. It was a weak attempt to be humorous. > > Also, I mistyped. I meant "algebraic geometry" when I was asking for a > book recommendation. > > Frank > > ----------------------------------- > Frank Wimberly > > My memoir: > https://www.amazon.com/author/frankwimberly > > My scientific publications: > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Frank_Wimberly2 > > Phone (505) 670-9918 > > On Sat, Oct 27, 2018, 12:56 PM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> > wrote: > > John writes: > > > > “Is there something that animals, or more particularly humans, can do > which we can prove cannot be duplicated by a sequential machine?” > > > > A sequential computer program could simply be a loop that sampled random > numbers and indexed into the address space of the computer program itself > (not its memory). One could make a specialized computer using a FPGA that > even had an instruction to do that random dispatching. To counter the > arguments of Penrose, one could do the same using quantum states. > > > > https://www.springer.com/us/book/9781402078941 > > > > There are all kinds of physical processes that are simulated on classical > supercomputers, of course. > > > > Marcus > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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