Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: olcott Newsgroups: comp.theory Subject: Re: My reviewers think that halt deciders must report on the behavior of their caller Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 09:26:09 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 47 Message-ID: <104tra1$264oq$2@dont-email.me> References: <101nq32$99vd$1@dont-email.me> <9dcab3b82e32f9eb8473f8bc5361ab2fbef8b8f8@i2pn2.org> <104cud2$1r72a$2@dont-email.me> <104e46s$28pqb$2@dont-email.me> <960c2417e6f691b2b12703506c207990df5b39ab@i2pn2.org> <104el09$2dpog$1@dont-email.me> <1ca786773f9ff02718c66e082bbc4182b36732ab@i2pn2.org> <104fduv$2n8gq$2@dont-email.me> <4cb5d16be8d1e6549823f35081050e7dad462da2@i2pn2.org> <104gi8j$2uc68$2@dont-email.me> <152859a4a4ef31aa45580e873eb6970c34b97ef9@i2pn2.org> <104hmb5$35gkb$1@dont-email.me> <104i15g$36mma$2@dont-email.me> <104jcqn$3jrpl$10@dont-email.me> <104lb03$13ioh$2@dont-email.me> <104lp8o$7l4q$7@dont-email.me> <104o662$18h8g$1@dont-email.me> <104oj2v$t0u4$7@dont-email.me> <104qimm$1dpnl$1@dont-email.me> <104rad9$1icss$3@dont-email.me> <104t4na$21rg3$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 12 Jul 2025 16:26:09 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="7c3bdc0cb6dff22bb3ed47acf1f4bedd"; logging-data="2298650"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+EkmNkEs4A7JOsxYLqxaAB" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:VXa+Wsty6Na6MpGH7d/+2i9dlHQ= X-Antivirus: Norton (VPS 250712-2, 7/12/2025), Outbound message In-Reply-To: <104t4na$21rg3$1@dont-email.me> X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Content-Language: en-US On 7/12/2025 3:00 AM, Mikko wrote: > On 2025-07-11 15:25:29 +0000, olcott said: > >> On 7/11/2025 3:40 AM, Mikko wrote: >>> On 2025-07-10 14:35:11 +0000, olcott said: >>> >>>> On 7/10/2025 5:54 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote: >>>>> Op 09.jul.2025 om 15:02 schreef olcott:> >>>>>> All Turing machine deciders only compute the mapping >>>>>> from their actual inputs. This entails that they never >>>>>> compute any mapping from non-inputs. >>>>> >>>>> At least one thing you understand. >>>>> >>>> >>>> *From the bottom of page 319 has been adapted to this* >>>> https://www.liarparadox.org/Peter_Linz_HP_317-320.pdf >>>> >>>> *The Linz proof does not understand this* >>> >>> Proofs don't understand. They prove. >> >> It fails to prove undecidability when the decider >> correctly excludes directly executed Turing machines >> from its domain. > > That does not change the last sentence of the proof. Therefore the > proof proves what it would prove anyway. > It completely invalidates the proof. int DD() { int Halt_Status = HHH(DD); if (Halt_Status) HERE: goto HERE; return Halt_Status; } The fact that DD simulated by HHH cannot reach its own final halt state makes the undecidable input decidable as non-halting. -- Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer