universal machine

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In automata theory: The generalized automaton and Turing’s machine
…is what Turing called a “universal” machine capable of operating like any given Turing machine. For a given partial recursive function of a single argument, there is a corresponding integer, called the Gödel number, that identifies the Turing machine capable of computing the given function. The Gödel number and the…
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