Unraveling Turing Machines
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Who first named Turing machines as 'Turing machines'?

  • No one named it
  • Alonzo Church (correct)
  • Hilbert & Ackermann
  • Alan Turing

    • What were Turing machines specifically devised for?

  • Computing real numbers (correct)
  • Proving the limitations of computation
  • Investigating the foundations of mathematics
  • Solving mathematical problems

    • What did Turing use Turing machines to prove?

  • The effectiveness of general methods
  • The solvability of every problem
  • The limitations of computation (correct)
  • The foundations of mathematics

    • What are Turing machines considered to be in computer science?

    <p>Theoretical models of computation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When were Turing machines first described by Alan Turing?

    <p>1936</p> Signup and view all the answers

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