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From: olcott <polcott333@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Defining a correct simulating halt decider
Date: Fri, 13 Sep 2024 09:31:25 -0500
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On 9/13/2024 4:38 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
> Op 12.sep.2024 om 13:04 schreef olcott:
>> On 9/12/2024 2:54 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>> On 2024-09-11 11:41:42 +0000, olcott said:
>>>
>>>> On 9/11/2024 2:35 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>> On 2024-09-11 00:21:36 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 9/10/2024 3:52 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2024-09-09 18:19:26 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 9/8/2024 9:53 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-07 13:57:00 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On 9/7/2024 3:29 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-07 05:12:19 +0000, joes said:
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>> Am Fri, 06 Sep 2024 06:42:48 -0500 schrieb olcott:
>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/6/2024 6:19 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-05 13:24:20 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/5/2024 2:34 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-03 13:00:50 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 9/3/2024 5:25 AM, Mikko wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> On 2024-09-02 16:38:03 +0000, olcott said:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A halt decider is a Turing machine that computes the 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> mapping from
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> its finite string input to the behavior that this 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> finite string
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> specifies.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> A halt decider needn't compute the full behaviour, 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> only whether
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> that behaviour is finite or infinite.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> New slave_stack at:1038c4 Begin Local Halt Decider 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Simulation
>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Local Halt Decider: Infinite Recursion Detected 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Simulation Stopped
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Hence  HHH(DDD)==0 is correct
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Nice to see that you don't disagree with what said.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Unvortunately I can't agree with what you say.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> HHH terminates,
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> os DDD obviously terminates, too. No valid
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> DDD emulated by HHH never reaches it final halt state.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If that iis true it means that HHH called by DDD does not 
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> return and
>>>>>>>>>>>>>> therefore is not a ceicder.
>>>>>>>>>>>>> The directly executed HHH is a decider.
>>>>>>>>>>>> What does simulating it change about that?
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> If the simulation is incorrect it may change anything.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>> PATHOLOGICAL RELATIONSHIPS CHANGE BEHAVIOR
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> However, a correct simultation faithfully imitates the original
>>>>>>>>> behaviour.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> _DDD()
>>>>>>>> [00002172] 55         push ebp      ; housekeeping
>>>>>>>> [00002173] 8bec       mov ebp,esp   ; housekeeping
>>>>>>>> [00002175] 6872210000 push 00002172 ; push DDD
>>>>>>>> [0000217a] e853f4ffff call 000015d2 ; call HHH(DDD)
>>>>>>>> [0000217f] 83c404     add esp,+04
>>>>>>>> [00002182] 5d         pop ebp
>>>>>>>> [00002183] c3         ret
>>>>>>>> Size in bytes:(0018) [00002183]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> A correct emulation obeys the x86 machine code even
>>>>>>>> if this machine code catches the machine on fire.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It is impossible for an emulation of DDD by HHH to
>>>>>>>> reach machine address 00002183 AND YOU KNOW IT!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> A correct emulation of DDD does reach the machine address 
>>>>>>> 0000217f and
>>>>>>> a little later 00002183.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> *That is counter-factual and you cannot possibly show otherwise*
>>>>>
>>>>> A halt decider is required to predict about the actual execution,
>>>>> not a couterfactual assumption.
>>>>
>>>> False assumption.
>>>
>>> It is not an assumption.
>>>
>>> "In computability theory, the halting problem is the problem of
>>> determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer program
>>> and an input, whether the program will finish running, or continue
>>> to run forever." -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halting_problem
>>>
>>> That definition obviously contains what I said above.
>>>
>>
>> It is ridiculously stupid to simply ignore the verified
>> fact that DDD calls HHH(DDD) in recursive emulation and
>> DDD DOES NOT call HHH1(DDD) in recursive emulation.
>>
> 
> That fact is not ignored. But there are similarities and differences 
> between these two cases. The similarities are that there are recursion, 
> but neither in the first case, nor in the second case there are 
> *infinite* recursions.

You can't even get the most basic facts correctly.
There is no recursion what-so-ever between HHH1 and DDD.

_DDD()
[00002177] 55         push ebp
[00002178] 8bec       mov ebp,esp
[0000217a] 6877210000 push 00002177
[0000217f] e853f4ffff call 000015d7
[00002184] 83c404     add esp,+04
[00002187] 5d         pop ebp
[00002188] c3         ret
Size in bytes:(0018) [00002188]

_main()
[00002197] 55         push ebp
[00002198] 8bec       mov ebp,esp
[0000219a] 6877210000 push 00002177
[0000219f] e863f3ffff call 00001507
[000021a4] 83c404     add esp,+04
[000021a7] 33c0       xor eax,eax
[000021a9] 5d         pop ebp
[000021aa] c3         ret
Size in bytes:(0020) [000021aa]

  machine   stack     stack     machine    assembly
  address   address   data      code       language
  ========  ========  ========  =========  =============
[00002197][001037fb][00000000] 55         push ebp
[00002198][001037fb][00000000] 8bec       mov ebp,esp
[0000219a][001037f7][00002177] 6877210000 push 00002177 ; push DDD
[0000219f][001037f3][000021a4] e863f3ffff call 00001507 ; call HHH1
New slave_stack at:10389f

Begin Local Halt Decider Simulation   Execution Trace Stored at:1138a7
[00002177][00113897][0011389b] 55         push ebp
[00002178][00113897][0011389b] 8bec       mov ebp,esp
[0000217a][00113893][00002177] 6877210000 push 00002177 ; push DDD
[0000217f][0011388f][00002184] e853f4ffff call 000015d7 ; call HHH
New slave_stack at:14e2c7

Begin Local Halt Decider Simulation   Execution Trace Stored at:15e2cf
[00002177][0015e2bf][0015e2c3] 55         push ebp
[00002178][0015e2bf][0015e2c3] 8bec       mov ebp,esp
[0000217a][0015e2bb][00002177] 6877210000 push 00002177 ; push DDD
[0000217f][0015e2b7][00002184] e853f4ffff call 000015d7 ; call HHH
New slave_stack at:198cef
[00002177][001a8ce7][001a8ceb] 55         push ebp
[00002178][001a8ce7][001a8ceb] 8bec       mov ebp,esp
[0000217a][001a8ce3][00002177] 6877210000 push 00002177 ; push DDD
[0000217f][001a8cdf][00002184] e853f4ffff call 000015d7 ; call HHH
Local Halt Decider: Infinite Recursion Detected Simulation Stopped

[00002184][00113897][0011389b] 83c404     add esp,+04
[00002187][0011389b][000015bc] 5d         pop ebp
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