[FRIAM] Unified Theory

Marcus G. Daniels mdaniels at lanl.gov
Tue Jun 6 14:17:17 EDT 2006


Jochen Fromm wrote:
> Where is the difference between steps, "depth" and time,
> if "the depth of a system" is simply defined in terms of the 
> number of parallel computational steps needed to simulate it ?
> Depth seems to be just another word for (virtual) time.
Hmm, if I find an two organisms that take in the particles B C D A and 
both return A B C D, but one does it in 16 and another in 5.5 units of 
energy or time (e.g. O(n^2) vs. O(n log n) time complexity) then I 
should infer the function being computed (their behavior) is different?





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