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   Mikko to All   
   Re: The halting problem is incorrect two   
   26 Nov 25 12:01:28   
   
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   >>>> No, it is not. The solution to the halting problem must include the   
   >>>> necessary access. Conversely, a proof that the necessary access is   
   >>>> impossible is sufficient to prove that halting problem is unsolvable.   
   >>>   
   >>> Reporing on the behavior of DD() executed from   
   >>> main requires HHH to report on information   
   >>> that is not contained in its input thus it is   
   >>> incorrect to require HHH to report on that.   
   >>   
   >> That HHH fails to meet the requirements does not mean that the   
   >> requirements are wrong. It merely meas that HHH is not a halt   
   >> decider.   
   >>   
   >   
   > That HHH fails to meet the requirements by itself does   
   > not mean that the requirements are wrong.   
   >   
   > Turing machine deciders only compute a mapping from   
   > their [finite string] inputs to an accept or reject   
   > state on the basis that this [finite string] input   
   > specifies or fails to specify a semantic or syntactic   
   > property.   
   >   
   > That the information that HHH is required to report   
   > on simply is not contained in its input is what makes   
   > the requirements wrong.   
      
   No, it merely means that the designer ot HHH has failed to specify the   
   encoding rules so that the input contains the full specification of the   
   behaviour.   
      
   --   
   Mikko   
      
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