fibinachi at aol.comatose (Fibinachi) writes:
> I recently read an article about computers that use dna to solve complex
> mathmatical problems. I would like t know how one uses genetic code to solve
> eqautions.
There was a paper a year or so ago in Science.
NP complete problems are tough for computers, but can be modelled by a
set of DNA sequences and reactions that explore all possibilities.
This gave rapid solutions to some problems, but could involve inpossibly
large quantities of DNA (several tons :-) for larger problems.
See:
Science 1997 278: 446
Science 1994 266: 1021
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