Practice - Proof of Undecidability by Diagonalization (Detailed Construction)
Practice Questions
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What is the Halting Problem?
💡 Hint: Think of what it means for a machine to run forever.
What does a Turing Machine do?
💡 Hint: Recall the elements that make up a Turing machine.
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What does the Halting Problem entail?
💡 Hint: Think about what makes a problem solvable by an algorithm.
Is the Halting Problem an example of decidable problems?
💡 Hint: Recall our proof discussions.
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Design a Turing machine that exemplifies the Halting Problem. Provide its encoding.
💡 Hint: Use a simple counting mechanism for your machine design.
Explain how the concept of diagonalization can be applied to another undecidable problem besides the Halting Problem.
💡 Hint: Identify what would happen if the machine's acceptance criteria were self-referential.
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