Practice Turing Machines With Semi-infinite Tape (4.5) - Turing Machines and Computability
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Turing Machines with Semi-Infinite Tape

Practice - Turing Machines with Semi-Infinite Tape

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Question 1 Easy

What is a semi-infinite tape Turing Machine?

💡 Hint: Consider how its tape differs from a traditional Turing Machine's tape.

Question 2 Easy

Explain the term 'equivalence' in the context of Turing Machines.

💡 Hint: Think about how varying structures still achieve the same computations.

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Question 1

What defines a semi-infinite tape Turing Machine?

It has a fixed leftmost cell and extends rightward indefinitely.
It has a fixed rightmost cell and extends leftward indefinitely.
It has two read/write heads.

💡 Hint: Focus on the fixed point and the direction of extension.

Question 2

True or False: A semi-infinite tape Turing Machine can be represented as equivalent to a two-way infinite tape Turing Machine.

True
False

💡 Hint: Think about how computational capabilities are maintained despite structural differences.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Construct a Turing Machine with a semi-infinite tape and describe how it would process an input string that requires checking patterns in both left and right halves of a two-way infinite TM.

💡 Hint: Visualize both tracks and how movements simulate two-way functionalities.

Challenge 2 Hard

Explain how the structure of a semi-infinite tape Turing Machine could affect the type of problems it can compute compared to a standard Turing Machine.

💡 Hint: Think about how the fixed leftmost cell could impede certain problem approaches.

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