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We give some general models of computation, including Turing Machines, partial recursive functions, and register machines. We discuss the Church-Turing Thesis. We prove the existence of a universal Turing machine and discuss Kleene Normal Form. We also look at primitive recursion.
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Downey, R. (2024). General Models of Computation. In: Computability and Complexity. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53744-8_3
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