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Newtonian billiard-ball world can be computed as closely as desired (ignoring multiple collisions) – and, in this sense we can say that the Newtonian world is indeed computable. There is a sense, however, in which this world is ‘non-computable’ in practice.
The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physics (Oxford Landmark Science)
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