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June 2008
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diagonalisation argument

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Mike Yates looks at the life and work of wartime code-breaker Alan Turing. Find out what types of numbers we can't count and why there are limits on what can be achieved with Turing machines.

Tags: Turing Machine : Theoretical computing : Turing test : artificial intelligence : halting problem : diagonalisation argument : Cantor's Theorem : unsolvability