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   Message 57,762 of 59,235   
   olcott to Mr Flibble   
   Re: Proof that DDD is correctly emulated   
   01 Aug 25 19:25:54   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 8/1/2025 7:13 PM, Mr Flibble wrote:   
   > On Fri, 01 Aug 2025 19:07:44 -0500, olcott wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 8/1/2025 6:57 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   >>> On 8/1/25 7:38 PM, olcott wrote:   
   >>>> On 8/1/2025 6:15 PM, Richard Damon wrote:   
   >>>>> On 8/1/25 6:54 PM, olcott wrote:>>   
   >>>>>> ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ simulated by embedded_H determines the behavior that   
   > *THE   
   >>>>>> ACTUAL INPUT* to embedded_H specifies. Ĥ ⟨Ĥ⟩ is not and cannot   
   >>>>>> possibly be *AN ACTUAL INPUT* to embedded_H so its differing   
   >>>>>> behavior *DOES NOT COUNT*.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>> NO!!!!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> By that standard, any input could mean anything becuase the machine   
   >>>>> it is being given can do whatever it wants with it.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.∞   
   >>>> Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn (a) Ĥ   
   copies its   
   > input ⟨Ĥ⟩   
   >>>> (b) Ĥ invokes embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩   
   >>>> (c) embedded_H simulates ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Yes if you ignore that I said that Ĥ.embedded_H is based on a UTM and   
   >>>> ignore the above is the definition of machine Ĥ that could be true.   
   >>>   
   >>> "Based on" does not mean *IS*   
   >>>   
   >>> If you add code to the original UTM, then it no longer is a UTM, and   
   >>> its partial simulation is not determative.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> *That is your one huge mistake*   
   >> As soon as the repeating pattern emerges then this repeating pattern   
   >> *is* determinative.   
   >   
   > Recognising such a repeating pattern is no different to recognising   
   > repeated state in a finite state machine however such a recogniser, a   
   > simulating halt decider, is only a partial decider so of little interest   
   > as far as the Halting Problem is concerned.   
   >   
   > /Flibble   
      
   My sole purpose is to show that the conventional HP proofs   
   do not prove undecidability. I have done that.   
      
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