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Quote: computing is a new field of mathematics; its central concepts are ill defined, like calculus when it was the Method of Fluxions

QuoteRef: straC8_1967 , p. 13



Topic:
mathematics as a formal system
Group:
program representation

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In computing we have what I believe to … by the discovery (or should it be invention?) … called the "Method of Fluxions" and everyone was … and to recognize and isolate the central concepts--things … If we attempt to formalize our ideas before … little value.   Google-1   Google-2

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