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|    Fred. Zwarts to All    |
|    Re: Halting Problem Proof ERROR (2/2)    |
|    18 Jul 25 13:17:09    |
      [continued from previous message]              > its simulated final halt state of ⟨Ĥ.qn⟩, and       >       > Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn       > ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ simulated by Ĥ.embedded_H cannot possibly       > reach its simulated final halt state of ⟨Ĥ.qn⟩.       >       > When Ĥ is applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ and embedded_H is a       > simulating partial halt decider       > (a) Ĥ copies its input ⟨Ĥ⟩       > (b) Ĥ invokes embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩       > (c) embedded_H simulates ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩       > (d) simulated ⟨Ĥ⟩ copies its input ⟨Ĥ⟩       > (e) simulated ⟨Ĥ⟩ invokes simulated embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩       > (f) simulated embedded_H simulates ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩       > (g) goto (d) with one more level of simulation until       > *embedded_H sees the repeating pattern and transitions to Ĥ.qn*              But when this is only finite repeating pattern, it is incorrect to       report non-termination.       Ignoring the conditional branch instructions in the embedded_H, will       cause that it is unable to decide between a finite and an infinite       repeating pattern, between halting and non-halting behaviour.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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