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   Mikko to All   
   Re: Very simple first principles showing   
   12 Dec 25 10:31:00   
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math   
   From: mikko.levanto@iki.fi   
      
   olcott kirjoitti 11.12.2025 klo 16.42:   
   > On 12/11/2025 3:00 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   >> 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".   
   >   
   > *It has taken me 21 years to derive these first principles*   
      
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   relevant to say.   
      
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