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by shultays 1118 days ago
I am not saying you need a turing machine, a finite one will do since we are also dealing with a finite analog system. If analog system is finite and has finite states that we can measure, then a finite computer will just do fine
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I’m saying that these properties are derived from equally ultimately unrealistic scenarios.

I’m honestly quite surprised that people are chiming in with their ‘opinions’ on proven mathematical facts.

> A digital computer cannot emulate an analog computer: it can only simulate it to an arbitrary level of precision. That’s the whole point.

A modern digital computer can simulate this particular analog computer beyond the noise floor. Practically speaking, that means a digital computer can perfectly emulate this system therefore it's simply a toy or perhaps for aesthetics.