• Re: Refuting the Peter Linz Halting Problem Proof V5 [ correct criteria

    From olcott@21:1/5 to Richard Damon on Wed Mar 23 20:29:07 2022
    XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math

    On 3/23/2022 7:15 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:50 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:26 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:20 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 9:09 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:19 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 12:00 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/22/2022 10:37 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/22/2022 9:32 AM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/21/2022 10:22 PM, Ben Bacarisse wro0te:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    A copy of Linz H is embedded at Ĥ.qx as a simulating halt >>>>>>>>>>>>>> decider (SHD).

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qy ∞ >>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H would >>>>>>>>>>>>>> reach its final state.

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn >>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H would >>>>>>>>>>>>>> never reach its
    final state.
    But for your "PO-machines":
         "Ĥ.qx maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn
         corresponds to
         H maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to H.qy"
    and
         "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that its >>>>>>>>>>>>> input never halts.
         H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that its input
    halts"
    so this has nothing to do with Linz.  He is talking about >>>>>>>>>>>>> Turing
    machines.


    The Linz conclusion only pertains to the behavior the copy of H >>>>>>>>>>>> embedded within Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩.

    Everything Linz says, everything, is predicated on what a >>>>>>>>>>> Turing machine
    is.  Unlike Turing machines, your machines are magic -- >>>>>>>>>>> identical state
    transition functions can entail different configuration
    sequences for
    the same input.  Nothing you say has any relevance to Linz's >>>>>>>>>>> Turing
    machines until you categorically repudiate this nonsense. >>>>>>>>>>
    That your only rebuttal to what I say now is dredging up what >>>>>>>>>> I said
    many months ago proves that you are being dishonest.

    You said this:

       "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that its input >>>>>>>>> never halts.
       H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that its input halts"


    If ⟨H⟩ and ⟨Ĥ⟩ were identical finite strings then they must >>>>>>>> derive the same result. They are not identical final strings.

    four days ago and you haven't retracted it.  Until you do, when >>>>>>>>> you
    write Ĥ your readers must assume that you are referring to
    something
    about which this quote applies.

    What's more, for your remarks to have any bearing on Linz's Ĥ >>>>>>>>> you must
    not only repudiate what you said, you must accept the converse, >>>>>>>>> i.e. that if

       Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* Ĥ.qn

    then

       H.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* H.qn

    So, do you retract what you said and accept this fact about
    Linz's H and
    Ĥ?


    You you continue to say that you believe that a decider must
    report on its own behavior when you already know damn well that >>>>>>>> a decider only computes the mapping from its inputs to its own >>>>>>>> final state.

    A Decider must report on its own behavior (or the behavior of a
    copy of it) if that is what the input asks for.

    You know that a decider only computes the mapping from its input
    finite strings to its own final state thus you know that you lie
    what you say that a decider must compute the mapping from a
    non-finite sting non-input.

    WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?


    I don't, but you seem to like to.

    I never said that H needs to compute a mapping of anything but what
    has been given as an input.

    The only thing H needs to compute the mapping of is <H^> <H^>,
    which is EXACTLY the string on its input.

    The problem which you don't seem to understand is that the MAPPING
    it needs to try and compute (and which is not guaranteed to BE
    Computable), is the Behavior of the machine it represents, H^
    applied to <H^>, as that is the mapping of the Halting Function.

    That is a non finite string non input, so you lied.


    <H^> <H^> is a finite string, which is what needs to be mapped, so
    you are just lying.


    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    the MAPPING it needs to try and compute (and which is
    not guaranteed to BE Computable), is the Behavior of
    the machine it represents, H^ applied to <H^>,

    So you are just bald faced liar then.
    It does not map H^ applied to <H^> to anything.
    It maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn



    I never said it did.

    It maps the INPUT: <H^> <H^> to (OUTPUT) Qy or Qn based on (THE
    FUNCTION) whether H^ applied to <H^> will Halt.

    It must map the input to an accept or reject state based on the actual
    behavior actually specified by this input as measured by N steps of the
    correct UTM simulation of this input.


    --
    Copyright 2021 Pete Olcott

    Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
    Genius hits a target no one else can see.
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  • From olcott@21:1/5 to Richard Damon on Wed Mar 23 21:01:58 2022
    XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math

    On 3/23/2022 8:39 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 9:29 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 7:15 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:50 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:26 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:20 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 9:09 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:19 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 12:00 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/22/2022 10:37 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/22/2022 9:32 AM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/21/2022 10:22 PM, Ben Bacarisse wro0te:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    A copy of Linz H is embedded at Ĥ.qx as a simulating >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> halt decider (SHD).

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qy ∞ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H would
    reach its final state.

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H would
    never reach its
    final state.
    But for your "PO-machines":
         "Ĥ.qx maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn
         corresponds to
         H maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to H.qy"
    and
         "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that its >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> input never halts.
         H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that its
    input halts"
    so this has nothing to do with Linz.  He is talking about >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Turing
    machines.


    The Linz conclusion only pertains to the behavior the copy >>>>>>>>>>>>>> of H
    embedded within Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩.

    Everything Linz says, everything, is predicated on what a >>>>>>>>>>>>> Turing machine
    is.  Unlike Turing machines, your machines are magic -- >>>>>>>>>>>>> identical state
    transition functions can entail different configuration >>>>>>>>>>>>> sequences for
    the same input.  Nothing you say has any relevance to >>>>>>>>>>>>> Linz's Turing
    machines until you categorically repudiate this nonsense. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    That your only rebuttal to what I say now is dredging up >>>>>>>>>>>> what I said
    many months ago proves that you are being dishonest.

    You said this:

       "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that its input >>>>>>>>>>> never halts.
       H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that its input halts"


    If ⟨H⟩ and ⟨Ĥ⟩ were identical finite strings then they must >>>>>>>>>> derive the same result. They are not identical final strings. >>>>>>>>>>
    four days ago and you haven't retracted it.  Until you do, >>>>>>>>>>> when you
    write Ĥ your readers must assume that you are referring to >>>>>>>>>>> something
    about which this quote applies.

    What's more, for your remarks to have any bearing on Linz's Ĥ >>>>>>>>>>> you must
    not only repudiate what you said, you must accept the converse, >>>>>>>>>>> i.e. that if

       Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* Ĥ.qn

    then

       H.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* H.qn

    So, do you retract what you said and accept this fact about >>>>>>>>>>> Linz's H and
    Ĥ?


    You you continue to say that you believe that a decider must >>>>>>>>>> report on its own behavior when you already know damn well >>>>>>>>>> that a decider only computes the mapping from its inputs to >>>>>>>>>> its own final state.

    A Decider must report on its own behavior (or the behavior of a >>>>>>>>> copy of it) if that is what the input asks for.

    You know that a decider only computes the mapping from its input >>>>>>>> finite strings to its own final state thus you know that you lie >>>>>>>> what you say that a decider must compute the mapping from a
    non-finite sting non-input.

    WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?


    I don't, but you seem to like to.

    I never said that H needs to compute a mapping of anything but
    what has been given as an input.

    The only thing H needs to compute the mapping of is <H^> <H^>,
    which is EXACTLY the string on its input.

    The problem which you don't seem to understand is that the
    MAPPING it needs to try and compute (and which is not guaranteed >>>>>>> to BE Computable), is the Behavior of the machine it represents, >>>>>>> H^ applied to <H^>, as that is the mapping of the Halting Function. >>>>>>
    That is a non finite string non input, so you lied.


    <H^> <H^> is a finite string, which is what needs to be mapped, so
    you are just lying.


    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    the MAPPING it needs to try and compute (and which is
    not guaranteed to BE Computable), is the Behavior of
    the machine it represents, H^ applied to <H^>,

    So you are just bald faced liar then.
    It does not map H^ applied to <H^> to anything.
    It maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn



    I never said it did.

    It maps the INPUT: <H^> <H^> to (OUTPUT) Qy or Qn based on (THE
    FUNCTION) whether H^ applied to <H^> will Halt.

    It must map the input to an accept or reject state based on the actual
    behavior actually specified by this input as measured by N steps of
    the correct UTM simulation of this input.



    Almost, it must map the INPUT <H^> <H^> to an OUTPUT Qy or Qn, based on
    the FUNCTION it is computing.

    There is NO requirement that it be based on its on simulation, or only N steps of a UTM.


    None-the-less if the behavior that is being measured is not exactly the
    same behavior as the UTM simulation of the input then the behavior being measured is measured incorrectly.

    A finite number of N steps is a mandatory constraint otherwise it would
    be OK to report that infinite execution never halts after an infinite
    number of steps.



    --
    Copyright 2021 Pete Olcott

    Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
    Genius hits a target no one else can see.
    Arthur Schopenhauer

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  • From olcott@21:1/5 to Richard Damon on Wed Mar 23 22:05:14 2022
    XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math

    On 3/23/2022 9:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:

    On 3/23/22 10:01 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 8:39 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 9:29 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 7:15 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:50 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:26 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:20 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 9:09 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:19 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 12:00 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/22/2022 10:37 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/22/2022 9:32 AM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/21/2022 10:22 PM, Ben Bacarisse wro0te:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    A copy of Linz H is embedded at Ĥ.qx as a simulating >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> halt decider (SHD).

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qy ∞ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H would
    reach its final state.

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H would
    never reach its
    final state.
    But for your "PO-machines":
         "Ĥ.qx maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      corresponds to
         H maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to H.qy"
    and
         "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that its >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> input never halts.
         H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that its
    input halts"
    so this has nothing to do with Linz.  He is talking >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about Turing
    machines.


    The Linz conclusion only pertains to the behavior the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> copy of H
    embedded within Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Everything Linz says, everything, is predicated on what a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Turing machine
    is.  Unlike Turing machines, your machines are magic -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> identical state
    transition functions can entail different configuration >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sequences for
    the same input.  Nothing you say has any relevance to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linz's Turing
    machines until you categorically repudiate this nonsense. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    That your only rebuttal to what I say now is dredging up >>>>>>>>>>>>>> what I said
    many months ago proves that you are being dishonest. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    You said this:

       "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that its input >>>>>>>>>>>>> never halts.
       H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that its input
    halts"


    If ⟨H⟩ and ⟨Ĥ⟩ were identical finite strings then they must
    derive the same result. They are not identical final strings. >>>>>>>>>>>>
    four days ago and you haven't retracted it.  Until you do, >>>>>>>>>>>>> when you
    write Ĥ your readers must assume that you are referring to >>>>>>>>>>>>> something
    about which this quote applies.

    What's more, for your remarks to have any bearing on Linz's >>>>>>>>>>>>> Ĥ you must
    not only repudiate what you said, you must accept the >>>>>>>>>>>>> converse,
    i.e. that if

       Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* Ĥ.qn

    then

       H.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* H.qn

    So, do you retract what you said and accept this fact about >>>>>>>>>>>>> Linz's H and
    Ĥ?


    You you continue to say that you believe that a decider must >>>>>>>>>>>> report on its own behavior when you already know damn well >>>>>>>>>>>> that a decider only computes the mapping from its inputs to >>>>>>>>>>>> its own final state.

    A Decider must report on its own behavior (or the behavior of >>>>>>>>>>> a copy of it) if that is what the input asks for.

    You know that a decider only computes the mapping from its >>>>>>>>>> input finite strings to its own final state thus you know that >>>>>>>>>> you lie what you say that a decider must compute the mapping >>>>>>>>>> from a non-finite sting non-input.

    WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?


    I don't, but you seem to like to.

    I never said that H needs to compute a mapping of anything but >>>>>>>>> what has been given as an input.

    The only thing H needs to compute the mapping of is <H^> <H^>, >>>>>>>>> which is EXACTLY the string on its input.

    The problem which you don't seem to understand is that the
    MAPPING it needs to try and compute (and which is not
    guaranteed to BE Computable), is the Behavior of the machine it >>>>>>>>> represents, H^ applied to <H^>, as that is the mapping of the >>>>>>>>> Halting Function.

    That is a non finite string non input, so you lied.


    <H^> <H^> is a finite string, which is what needs to be mapped,
    so you are just lying.


    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    the MAPPING it needs to try and compute (and which is
    not guaranteed to BE Computable), is the Behavior of
    the machine it represents, H^ applied to <H^>,

    So you are just bald faced liar then.
    It does not map H^ applied to <H^> to anything.
    It maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn



    I never said it did.

    It maps the INPUT: <H^> <H^> to (OUTPUT) Qy or Qn based on (THE
    FUNCTION) whether H^ applied to <H^> will Halt.

    It must map the input to an accept or reject state based on the
    actual behavior actually specified by this input as measured by N
    steps of the correct UTM simulation of this input.



    Almost, it must map the INPUT <H^> <H^> to an OUTPUT Qy or Qn, based
    on the FUNCTION it is computing.

    There is NO requirement that it be based on its on simulation, or
    only N steps of a UTM.


    None-the-less if the behavior that is being measured is not exactly
    the same behavior as the UTM simulation of the input then the behavior
    being measured is measured incorrectly.

    A finite number of N steps is a mandatory constraint otherwise it
    would be OK to report that infinite execution never halts after an
    infinite number of steps.


    You logic is backwards. You are just showing why it CAN'T be done, not
    why it must not be defined that way.

    The behavior that is measured MUST be exactly the behavior of the UTM simulation,

    In other words your requirement for a halt decider is that it sometimes
    never halts.


    --
    Copyright 2021 Pete Olcott

    Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
    Genius hits a target no one else can see.
    Arthur Schopenhauer

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  • From olcott@21:1/5 to Richard Damon on Thu Mar 24 09:57:06 2022
    XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math

    On 3/24/2022 6:12 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 11:05 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 9:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:

    On 3/23/22 10:01 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 8:39 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 9:29 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 7:15 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:50 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:26 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:20 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 9:09 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:19 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 12:00 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/22/2022 10:37 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/22/2022 9:32 AM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/21/2022 10:22 PM, Ben Bacarisse wro0te: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    A copy of Linz H is embedded at Ĥ.qx as a simulating >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> halt decider (SHD).

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qy ∞ >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would reach its final state.

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> would never reach its
    final state.
    But for your "PO-machines":
         "Ĥ.qx maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      corresponds to
         H maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to H.qy" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
         "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its input never halts.
         H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that its
    input halts"
    so this has nothing to do with Linz.  He is talking >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about Turing
    machines.


    The Linz conclusion only pertains to the behavior the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> copy of H
    embedded within Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Everything Linz says, everything, is predicated on what >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> a Turing machine
    is.  Unlike Turing machines, your machines are magic -- >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> identical state
    transition functions can entail different configuration >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> sequences for
    the same input.  Nothing you say has any relevance to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linz's Turing
    machines until you categorically repudiate this nonsense. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    That your only rebuttal to what I say now is dredging up >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what I said
    many months ago proves that you are being dishonest. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    You said this:

       "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that its >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> input never halts.
       H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that its input
    halts"


    If ⟨H⟩ and ⟨Ĥ⟩ were identical finite strings then they >>>>>>>>>>>>>> must derive the same result. They are not identical final >>>>>>>>>>>>>> strings.

    four days ago and you haven't retracted it.  Until you >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> do, when you
    write Ĥ your readers must assume that you are referring >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to something
    about which this quote applies.

    What's more, for your remarks to have any bearing on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linz's Ĥ you must
    not only repudiate what you said, you must accept the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> converse,
    i.e. that if

       Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* Ĥ.qn

    then

       H.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* H.qn

    So, do you retract what you said and accept this fact >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about Linz's H and
    Ĥ?


    You you continue to say that you believe that a decider >>>>>>>>>>>>>> must report on its own behavior when you already know damn >>>>>>>>>>>>>> well that a decider only computes the mapping from its >>>>>>>>>>>>>> inputs to its own final state.

    A Decider must report on its own behavior (or the behavior >>>>>>>>>>>>> of a copy of it) if that is what the input asks for. >>>>>>>>>>>>>
    You know that a decider only computes the mapping from its >>>>>>>>>>>> input finite strings to its own final state thus you know >>>>>>>>>>>> that you lie what you say that a decider must compute the >>>>>>>>>>>> mapping from a non-finite sting non-input.

    WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?


    I don't, but you seem to like to.

    I never said that H needs to compute a mapping of anything >>>>>>>>>>> but what has been given as an input.

    The only thing H needs to compute the mapping of is <H^> >>>>>>>>>>> <H^>, which is EXACTLY the string on its input.

    The problem which you don't seem to understand is that the >>>>>>>>>>> MAPPING it needs to try and compute (and which is not
    guaranteed to BE Computable), is the Behavior of the machine >>>>>>>>>>> it represents, H^ applied to <H^>, as that is the mapping of >>>>>>>>>>> the Halting Function.

    That is a non finite string non input, so you lied.


    <H^> <H^> is a finite string, which is what needs to be mapped, >>>>>>>>> so you are just lying.


    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    the MAPPING it needs to try and compute (and which is
    not guaranteed to BE Computable), is the Behavior of
    the machine it represents, H^ applied to <H^>,

    So you are just bald faced liar then.
    It does not map H^ applied to <H^> to anything.
    It maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn



    I never said it did.

    It maps the INPUT: <H^> <H^> to (OUTPUT) Qy or Qn based on (THE
    FUNCTION) whether H^ applied to <H^> will Halt.

    It must map the input to an accept or reject state based on the
    actual behavior actually specified by this input as measured by N
    steps of the correct UTM simulation of this input.



    Almost, it must map the INPUT <H^> <H^> to an OUTPUT Qy or Qn,
    based on the FUNCTION it is computing.

    There is NO requirement that it be based on its on simulation, or
    only N steps of a UTM.


    None-the-less if the behavior that is being measured is not exactly
    the same behavior as the UTM simulation of the input then the
    behavior being measured is measured incorrectly.

    A finite number of N steps is a mandatory constraint otherwise it
    would be OK to report that infinite execution never halts after an
    infinite number of steps.


    You logic is backwards. You are just showing why it CAN'T be done,
    not why it must not be defined that way.

    The behavior that is measured MUST be exactly the behavior of the UTM
    simulation,

    In other words your requirement for a halt decider is that it
    sometimes never halts.


    Again, you are mixing REQUIREMENTS and CAPABILITIES.

    All deciders MUST Halt in finite time.

    And all deciders that simulate their infinitely repeating input are not
    allowed to ever stop.

    If they recognize an infinitely repeating pattern in N steps of
    simulation they are not allowed to report this otherwise the simulation
    is not accurate.


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  • From olcott@21:1/5 to Richard Damon on Thu Mar 24 10:53:14 2022
    XPost: comp.theory, sci.logic, sci.math

    On 3/24/2022 10:30 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/24/22 10:57 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/24/2022 6:12 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 11:05 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 9:31 PM, Richard Damon wrote:

    On 3/23/22 10:01 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 8:39 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 9:29 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 7:15 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:50 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:26 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 7:20 PM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 9:09 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/23/2022 6:19 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
    On 3/23/22 12:00 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 3/22/2022 10:37 PM, Ben Bacarisse wrote:
    olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/22/2022 9:32 AM, Ben Bacarisse wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    On 3/21/2022 10:22 PM, Ben Bacarisse wro0te: >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> olcott <NoOne@NoWhere.com> writes:

    A copy of Linz H is embedded at Ĥ.qx as a >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> simulating halt decider (SHD).

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qy ∞
    If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H
    would reach its final state.

    Ĥ.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊢* Ĥ.qn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If the pure simulation of ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ by embedded_H
    would never reach its
    final state.
    But for your "PO-machines":
         "Ĥ.qx maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>      corresponds to
         H maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to H.qy" >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> and
         "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its input never halts.
         H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that
    its input halts"
    so this has nothing to do with Linz.  He is talking >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about Turing
    machines.


    The Linz conclusion only pertains to the behavior >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> the copy of H
    embedded within Ĥ applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    Everything Linz says, everything, is predicated on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> what a Turing machine
    is.  Unlike Turing machines, your machines are magic >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> -- identical state
    transition functions can entail different >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> configuration sequences for
    the same input.  Nothing you say has any relevance to >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linz's Turing
    machines until you categorically repudiate this >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> nonsense.

    That your only rebuttal to what I say now is dredging >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> up what I said
    many months ago proves that you are being dishonest. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
    You said this:

       "The copy of H at Ĥ.qx correctly decides that its >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> input never halts.
       H applied to ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ correctly decides that its
    input halts"


    If ⟨H⟩ and ⟨Ĥ⟩ were identical finite strings then they
    must derive the same result. They are not identical >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> final strings.

    four days ago and you haven't retracted it.  Until you >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> do, when you
    write Ĥ your readers must assume that you are referring >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> to something
    about which this quote applies.

    What's more, for your remarks to have any bearing on >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Linz's Ĥ you must
    not only repudiate what you said, you must accept the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> converse,
    i.e. that if

       Ĥ.qx ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* Ĥ.qn

    then

       H.q0 ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⊦* H.qn

    So, do you retract what you said and accept this fact >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> about Linz's H and
    Ĥ?


    You you continue to say that you believe that a decider >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> must report on its own behavior when you already know >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> damn well that a decider only computes the mapping from >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its inputs to its own final state.

    A Decider must report on its own behavior (or the >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> behavior of a copy of it) if that is what the input asks >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> for.

    You know that a decider only computes the mapping from its >>>>>>>>>>>>>> input finite strings to its own final state thus you know >>>>>>>>>>>>>> that you lie what you say that a decider must compute the >>>>>>>>>>>>>> mapping from a non-finite sting non-input.

    WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?  WHY LIE ?


    I don't, but you seem to like to.

    I never said that H needs to compute a mapping of anything >>>>>>>>>>>>> but what has been given as an input.

    The only thing H needs to compute the mapping of is <H^> >>>>>>>>>>>>> <H^>, which is EXACTLY the string on its input.

    The problem which you don't seem to understand is that the >>>>>>>>>>>>> MAPPING it needs to try and compute (and which is not >>>>>>>>>>>>> guaranteed to BE Computable), is the Behavior of the >>>>>>>>>>>>> machine it represents, H^ applied to <H^>, as that is the >>>>>>>>>>>>> mapping of the Halting Function.

    That is a non finite string non input, so you lied.


    <H^> <H^> is a finite string, which is what needs to be
    mapped, so you are just lying.


    On 3/23/2022 6:04 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
    the MAPPING it needs to try and compute (and which is
    not guaranteed to BE Computable), is the Behavior of
    the machine it represents, H^ applied to <H^>,

    So you are just bald faced liar then.
    It does not map H^ applied to <H^> to anything.
    It maps ⟨Ĥ⟩ ⟨Ĥ⟩ to Ĥ.qn



    I never said it did.

    It maps the INPUT: <H^> <H^> to (OUTPUT) Qy or Qn based on (THE >>>>>>>>> FUNCTION) whether H^ applied to <H^> will Halt.

    It must map the input to an accept or reject state based on the >>>>>>>> actual behavior actually specified by this input as measured by >>>>>>>> N steps of the correct UTM simulation of this input.



    Almost, it must map the INPUT <H^> <H^> to an OUTPUT Qy or Qn,
    based on the FUNCTION it is computing.

    There is NO requirement that it be based on its on simulation, or >>>>>>> only N steps of a UTM.


    None-the-less if the behavior that is being measured is not
    exactly the same behavior as the UTM simulation of the input then
    the behavior being measured is measured incorrectly.

    A finite number of N steps is a mandatory constraint otherwise it
    would be OK to report that infinite execution never halts after an >>>>>> infinite number of steps.


    You logic is backwards. You are just showing why it CAN'T be done,
    not why it must not be defined that way.

    The behavior that is measured MUST be exactly the behavior of the
    UTM simulation,

    In other words your requirement for a halt decider is that it
    sometimes never halts.


    Again, you are mixing REQUIREMENTS and CAPABILITIES.

    All deciders MUST Halt in finite time.

    And all deciders that simulate their infinitely repeating input are
    not allowed to ever stop.

    If they recognize an infinitely repeating pattern in N steps of
    simulation they are not allowed to report this otherwise the
    simulation is not accurate.



    No, if they can CORRECTLY prove that their input will NEVER halt (even
    if they abort their simulation of them and go to Qn)

    If you honestly believe that when a simulated input has been aborted
    that this aborted simulated input continues to execute until it reaches
    its own final state you are a clueless wonder.

    When embedded_H determines that its simulated input cannot possibly
    reach its final state it aborts the first simulated element which causes
    the entire simulated chain to immediately stop.



    --
    Copyright 2021 Pete Olcott

    Talent hits a target no one else can hit;
    Genius hits a target no one else can see.
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