When1: 1956
When2: 2005
Who: Edward Fredkin [Fredkin, Edward]
What: mathematician
Where: USA
Detail: He lived 1934 to ? and invented reversible-computing gates {Fredkin gate} {Conservative Logic Gate}. Mathematical models can reversibly transform into computational models {Fredkin transforms}. Universe computes using discrete and finite quantities {digital mechanics}. The more two alternatives are similar, the harder it is to choose and the less the choice matters {Fredkin paradox, Fredkin}.
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