Unifying computers and dynamical systems using the theory of synchronous concurrent algorithms

A synchronous concurrent algorithm (SCA) is a parallel deterministic algorithm based on a network of modules and channels, computing and communicating data in parallel, and synchronised by a global clock with discrete time. Many types of algorithms, computer architectures, and mathematical models of physical and biological systems are examples of SCAs. For example, conventional digital hardware is made from components that are SCAs and many …