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   Mikko to All   
   Re: This single paragraph proves that th   
   11 Dec 25 11:00:01   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic   
   From: mikko.levanto@iki.fi   
      
   olcott kirjoitti 10.12.2025 klo 15.04:   
   > On 12/10/2025 3:43 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   >> polcott kirjoitti 10.12.2025 klo 0.27:   
   >>> These are finally the long sought words that do   
   >>> resolve the halting problem to a category error.   
   >>   
   >>> Turing machine deciders only compute the 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 particular semantic   
   >>> or syntactic property.   
   >>   
   >> The above paragraph (acutally just one sentence) does not prove or   
   >> even say anything about the halting problem.   
   >   
   > It is the definition of a decider that the halting   
   > problem violates.   
      
   Nothing in the problem statement violates any definition. You can't   
   even quote the alleged "violation".   
      
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