Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: D correctly simulated by H cannot possibly reach its own line 06 and halt --- Mike Terry Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2024 10:15:05 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 160 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2024 17:15:06 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="5617c6a52e82e3edb2307f1199229213"; logging-data="2988585"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+eQfZjhhGGXWIytgozSet3" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:z9E/p+j+KKhn9hR1a5wJ8JfvE50= Content-Language: en-US In-Reply-To: Bytes: 8301 On 6/1/2024 3:49 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: > Op 31.mei.2024 om 21:54 schreef olcott: >> On 5/31/2024 2:35 PM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>> Op 31.mei.2024 om 21:07 schreef olcott: >>>> On 5/31/2024 1:55 PM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>> Op 31.mei.2024 om 20:22 schreef olcott: >>>>>> On 5/31/2024 11:18 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>>>> Op 31.mei.2024 om 17:54 schreef olcott: >>>>>>>> On 5/31/2024 10:37 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>>>>>> Op 31.mei.2024 om 16:25 schreef olcott: >>>>>>>>>> On 5/31/2024 2:50 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> Op 31.mei.2024 om 00:01 schreef olcott: >>>>>>>>>>>> On 5/30/2024 4:54 PM, joes wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> Am Thu, 30 May 2024 09:55:24 -0500 schrieb olcott: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> typedef int (*ptr)();  // ptr is pointer to int function in C >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 00       int H(ptr p, ptr i); >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 01       int D(ptr p) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 02       { >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 03         int Halt_Status = H(p, p); >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 04         if (Halt_Status) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 05           HERE: goto HERE; >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 06         return Halt_Status; >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 07       } >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 08 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 09       int main() >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 10       { >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 11         H(D,D); >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 12         return 0; >>>>>>>>>>>>>> 13       } >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> The left hand-side are line numbers of correct C code. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> This code does compile and does conform to c17. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everyone with sufficient knowledge of C can easily >>>>>>>>>>>>>> determine that D >>>>>>>>>>>>>> correctly emulated by any *pure function* H (using an x86 >>>>>>>>>>>>>> emulator) >>>>>>>>>>>>>> cannot possibly reach its own simulated final state at >>>>>>>>>>>>>> line 06 and halt. >>>>>>>>>>>>> Yeah, of course not, if H doesn’t halt. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> To actually understand my words (as in an actual honest >>>>>>>>>>>> dialogue) >>>>>>>>>>>> you must pay careful attention to every single word. Maybe you >>>>>>>>>>>> had no idea that *pure functions* must always halt. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> Or maybe you did not know that every computation that never >>>>>>>>>>>> reaches >>>>>>>>>>>> its own final state *DOES NOT HALT* even if it stops running >>>>>>>>>>>> because >>>>>>>>>>>> it is no longer simulated. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Since the claim is that H is also a computation, it holds for >>>>>>>>>>> H, as well. That means that H *DOES NOT HALT* even if it >>>>>>>>>>> stops running because it is no longer simulated. >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> *pure function H definitely halts you are confused* >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> You can assume a unicorn, but that does not make it existent. >>>>>>>>> You can assume a simulating H that is a pure function and >>>>>>>>> halts, but that does not make them existent. The set of such H >>>>>>>>> is empty. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You simply ignored my proof that you are wrong. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> D correctly simulated by pure function HH cannot possibly reach >>>>>>>> its own final state at line 06 in any finite number of steps of >>>>>>>> correct simulation. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I do not ignore your claim. It is in fact exactly your claim that >>>>>>> D does not reach line 04 that proves that the simulation of HH >>>>>>> does not reach its own final state. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> HH correctly simulated by HH cannot possibly reach its own final >>>>>>> state and return to D in any finite number of steps of correct >>>>>>> simulation. >>>>>>> >>>>>> *HH correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> *HH correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> *HH correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> *HH correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> *HH correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> >>>>>> That is the dishonest dodge of the strawman deception >>>>>> CHANGE-THE-SUBJECT fake rebuttal >>>>>> >>>>>> *THAT DOES CHANGE THE SUBJECT AWAY FROM THIS* >>>>>> *DD correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> *DD correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> *DD correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> *DD correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> *DD correctly simulated by HH* >>>>>> >>>>>> cannot possibly reach its own final state and return to D in any >>>>>> finite number of steps of correct simulation. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> It is not dishonest and not a change of subject. >>>>> The correct simulation of D includes the correct simulation of HH, >>>>> because HH is part of D. >>>> >>>> OK then my mistake. >>>> HH(DD,DD) does simulate DD and does simulate itself simulating DD >>>> and then HH halts. >>>> >>>>> The only reason why the simulation of D does not continue with line >>>>> 04 is that the correct simulation of HH by HH does not halt. Why do >>>>> you refuse to accept this simple fact? >>>> >>>> I have proven this is false by the actual fully operational HH. >>>> >>> >>> OK, that was what I asked. Correct me if I am wrong. >>> >>> What I understood up to now was that the simulated HH was aborted >>> after 1-∞ steps, so that the simulated HH did not halt. But now I >>> understand that your fully operational code does simulate HH up to >>> its final state. >>> >> >> HH(DD,DD) >> (a) Simulates DD and then >> (b) Simulates itself simulating DD and then >> (c) Detects that DD repeated a state and then >> (d) Aborts its simulation of DD and reports that DD does not halt. > > So, it does not prove that the simulation of HH halts. This earliest version of my paper proves that HH halts on input DD. The very early version uses different names for HH and DD and shows the repeating state basis for HH to abort its simulation of DD. On 5/27/2021 12:07 AM, olcott wrote: Earliest version of earliest paper Halting problem undecidability and infinitely nested simulation https://www.liarparadox.org/Halting_problem_undecidability_and_infinitely_nested_simulation.pdf *When we can see WHY HH halts then we know that HH DOES HALT* > Your claim above > 'I have proven this is false by the actual fully operational HH.' is not > a proof, but an assumption. > HH was not simulated to its final state, but the simulation of HH was > aborted. When the simulation of HH is aborted, it does not reach its > final state. In fact your conclusion is that it cannot be simulated to > its final state. From this it follows that it does not halt. > Why can't you see that you cannot have both? Either HH is a simulator, > or HH halts, but not both, because the simulation of HH cannot possibly > reach its final state. > -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." 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