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|    olcott to Richard Damon    |
|    Re: First step needed to make progress w    |
|    06 Aug 25 06:15:40    |
      XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic       From: polcott333@gmail.com              On 8/6/2025 6:01 AM, Richard Damon wrote:       > On 8/5/25 10:56 PM, olcott wrote:       >>       >> It is a requirement of the aspect of Ĥ named Ĥ.embedded_H.       >>       >       > Depends on which system you are working in.       >       > IF you are talking about Linz system, where H *IS* a Halt Decider,       If H *is* a halt decider then the proof that no halt       decider exists is done.              Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.∞,       if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ halts, and       Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.embedded_H ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn       if Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ does not halt.              *Lines 2 and 4 above*       *Does insist that Ĥ.embedded_H report on its own behavior*               "The contradiction in Linz's (or Turing's) self-referential        halting construction only appears if one insists that the        machine can and must decide on its own behavior, which is        neither possible nor required."              https://chatgpt.com/share/6890ee5a-52bc-8011-852e-3d9f97bcfbd8              --       Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius       hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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