It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used… - Alan Turing

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It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence.

Alan Turing

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Alan Mathison Turing (23 June 1912 – 7 June 1954) was an English mathematician, computer scientist, logician, cryptanalyst, philosopher, and theoretical biologist. Turing was highly influential in the development of theoretical computer science, providing a formalisation of the concepts of algorithm and computation with the Turing machine, which can be considered a model of a general-purpose computer. Turing is widely considered to be the father of theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence.

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Birth Name: Alan Mathison Turing

Alternative Names: Alan M. Turing • Alan Mathieson Turing • Turing • A. M. Turing

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It is possible to invent a single machine which can be used to compute any computable sequence. - Alan Turing

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