Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: Anyone that disagrees with this is not telling the truth --- V5 --- Professor Sipser Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 07:59:59 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 Message-ID: References: <431deaa157cdae1cae73a1b24268a61cf8ec2c1c@i2pn2.org> <7a1c569a699e79bfa146affbbae3eac7b91cd263@i2pn2.org> <729cc551062c13875686d266a5453a488058e81c@i2pn2.org> <148bf4dd91f32379a6d81a621fb7ec3fc1e00db0@i2pn2.org> <5591ff08ed8f7b4bdf33813681e156b775efe0ec@i2pn2.org> <26fadbf7b8cb5f93dbe18bffeff6e959251f9892@i2pn2.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2024 14:59:59 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="62a25b741157347252c8096938b61d22"; logging-data="470448"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18tBWml5haoXSmJrwnGu1J5" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:IPHTRtrkRWLbpZi9zz4HG8TXhP8= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US Bytes: 3789 On 8/22/2024 3:16 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: > Op 22.aug.2024 om 06:22 schreef olcott: If simulating halt decider H correctly simulates its input D until H correctly determines that its simulated D would never stop running unless aborted then H can abort its simulation of D and correctly report that D specifies a non-halting sequence of configurations. We swap the word "determines" for "predicts" When we swap thew word "halt decider" for "termination analyzer" the above is translated from computer science into software engineering. The second half proves that this is the H that aborts that is making the prediction of the behavior of D when emulated by a hypothetical version of itself then never aborts. >> >> THIS EXACTLY MATCHES THE SIPSER APPROVED CRITERIA >> The finite HHH(DDD) emulates itself emulating DDD exactly once >> and this is sufficient for this HHH to predict what a different >> HHH(DDD) do that never aborted its emulation of its input. >> > > But that different hypothetical HHH is a non-input. HHH is supposed to predict what the behavior of DDD would be if it did not abort its emulation of DDD that is what the words that Professor agreed to mean. > Do you still not > understand that HHH should predict the behaviour of its input? Why does > the HHH have an input, if it is correct to predict the behaviour of a > non-input? > Are you still cheating with the Root variable to change the input in a > non-input? -- Copyright 2024 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer