Memory and algebra.
C. Jousselin, J. P. Moskowitz · Bulletin of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science · 1989
Memory in the von Neumann computer is usually viewed as a linear array. We prove that this view does not follow from the consecutive nature of this memory, but from the group structure of the law performed in the address arithmetic unit. By changing that law, we can get a memory with a non commutative access. As an example we describe the metacyclic memory.