The Most Difficult Program to Compute? - Computerphile

The story of recursion continues as Professor Brailsford explains one of the most difficult programs to compute: Ackermann's function. Professor Brailsford's programs: http://bit.ly/1nhKtW4 Follow Up Film from the Prof in response to this film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNACwX-O5lk What on Earth is Recursion?: http://youtu.be/Mv9NEXX1VHc Fibonacci Programming: http://youtu.be/7t_pTlH9HwA Heartbleed, Running the Code: http://youtu.be/1dOCHwf8zVQ VR Series: COMING SOON! Please note, Ackermann is spelled incorrectly with one "n" on the title plate - Apologies http://www.facebook.com/computerphile https://twitter.com/computer_phile This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley. Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at: http://bit.ly/bradychannels