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The computer as a physical system: A microscopic quantum mechanical Hamiltonian model of computers as represented by Turing machines

From Thermodynamics of Computation
reference groups
Computer Science Engineering to Address Energy Costs
author-supplied keywords
Coleman model approximation
Computer as a physical system
Schrödinger equation description of Turing machines
closed conservative system
microscopic Hamiltonian models of computers
quantum spin lattices
keywords
authors
Paul Benioff
title
The computer as a physical system: A microscopic quantum mechanical Hamiltonian model of computers as represented by Turing machines
type
journal
year
1980
source
Journal of Statistical Physics
pages
563-591
volume
22
issue
5
publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
link
https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/16c1a0c8-23c7-30b1-b7ab-7c98f86a3ee7/(3)

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Identifiers

  • doi: 10.1007/BF01011339 (Google search)
  • issn: 00224715
  • sgr: 34250256884
  • scopus: 2-s2.0-34250256884
  • pui: 210005356