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Based on mathworld, "The determination of whether a Turing machine will come to a halt  
 
Based on mathworld, "The determination of whether a Turing machine will come to a halt  
 
given a particular input program.<br> The halting problem is solvable for machines  
 
given a particular input program.<br> The halting problem is solvable for machines  
with less than four states".
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with less than four states". <br>
 
This issue is also one of the most interesting non-programming parts of computer science study of  
 
This issue is also one of the most interesting non-programming parts of computer science study of  
 
what can be computed or not.
 
what can be computed or not.

Revision as of 22:52, 21 November 2008

Based on mathworld, "The determination of whether a Turing machine will come to a halt given a particular input program.
The halting problem is solvable for machines with less than four states".
This issue is also one of the most interesting non-programming parts of computer science study of what can be computed or not.


--lee462 03:48, 22 November 2008 (UTC)

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