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   olcott to Mikko   
   Re: How do halt deciders really work? --   
   20 Dec 25 05:58:23   
   
   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.   
   >   
      
   There is a halt decider for the HP counter-example   
   input. The definition of halt decider required by the   
   halting problem contradicts the definition of computation.   
   You can see that I am correct when you pay attention.   
   to pages 7-9.   
      
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