# Computing with space: a tangle formalism for chora and difference

@article{Buliga2011ComputingWS,
title={Computing with space: a tangle formalism for chora and difference},
author={Marius Buliga},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2011},
volume={abs/1103.6007}
}
What is space computing,simulation, or understanding? Converging from several sources, this seems to be something more primitive than what is meant nowadays by computation, something that was along with us since antiquity (the word "choros", "chora", denotes "space" or "place" and is seemingly the most mysterious notion from Plato, described in Timaeus 48e - 53c) which has to do with cybernetics and with the understanding of the front end visual system. It may have some unexpected applications…
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