Re: where is the harmonic oscillatorness?

2005-05-11 Thread Eric Cavalcanti
On Wed, 2005-05-11 at 11:46, Hal Finney wrote: Eric Cavalcanti writes: Let's define a turing machine M with a set of internal states Q, an initial state s, a binary alphabet G={0,1}. The transition function is f: Q X G - Q X G X {L,R} , i.e., the function determines from the internal

where is the harmonic oscillatorness?

2005-05-10 Thread Eric Cavalcanti
I think some of the discussions about COMP and simulating people could be better understood if we can first understand a (much) simpler problem: a harmonic oscillator. The relevance of this is that ultimately there might be no meaning in saying that a string in Platonia or wherever represents

Re: where is the harmonic oscillatorness?

2005-05-10 Thread Hal Finney
Eric Cavalcanti writes: Let's define a turing machine M with a set of internal states Q, an initial state s, a binary alphabet G={0,1}. The transition function is f: Q X G - Q X G X {L,R} , i.e., the function determines from the internal state and the symbol at the pointer which symbol to