Computation can be actually defined as finding a solution to a problem from given inputs by means of an algorithm. This is what the theory of computation, a subfield of computer science and mathematics, deals with. For thousands of years, computing was done with pen and paper, or chalk and slate, or mentally, sometimes with the aid of tables.

Subcategories

There are 6 subcategories to this category.

A

• Algorithms

C

• Computational models
• Computational number theory
• Computer algebra
• Computer arithmetic

S

• Scientific computation

Articles in category "Computation"

There are 28 articles in this category.

Abacus Abstract interpretation Abstract machine Abstract state machine C Chinese abacus Common logarithm Computation Computational science Computational semiotics

C cont. Counting rods D Differential analyser E Embarrassingly parallel problem G Grand Challenge problem L List of computability and complexity topics M Machines that always halt Misprediction N Nondeterministic algorithm P Pascal's calculator Physics of computation

R Recurrence relation Recursion Rewriting Roman abacus S Slide rule Supertask T The first draft Trachtenberg system V Vedic mathematics