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What's the difference between the problems computer scientists work on and what mathematicians/physicists regularly do? I mean with physics for example they have some equation that describes the motion of a vibrating string. You can plug in whatever initial conditions and then you know everything about the system at all times. Whereas many computer science problems you have to iterate through a bunch of shit and maybe it can't even be computed in a reasonable time. What is the source of this distinction?