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|    olcott to Mikko    |
|    Re: How do halt deciders really work? --    |
|    20 Dec 25 05:44:17    |
   
   XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math   
   From: polcott333@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/20/2025 4:07 AM, Mikko wrote:   
   > On 20/12/2025 03:27, olcott wrote:   
   >> Deciders: Transform finite strings by finite   
   >> string transformation rules into {Accept, Reject}   
   >>   
   >> https://philpapers.org/archive/OLCDTF.pdf   
   >   
   > As there are no halt deciders they don't work at all.   
   >   
      
   Pages 7-8 prove that the halting problem   
   itself is incorrect. There are no halt   
   deciders that are able to derive the halt   
   status from non-inputs.   
      
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   Copyright 2025 Olcott
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