• Re: All rebuttals to this have been proven to be counter-factual

    From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory on Tue Aug 26 21:34:11 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.theory

    On 8/26/25 10:56 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 1:39 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-26, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 12:34 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-25, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/25/2025 6:03 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    I agree that if we take any decider H from the special subset of
    deciders which blindly simulate their input, and then if we build the
    counterexample test case against such an H, that test case will have
    runway recursion (via nested simulation levels). In none of the DD
    invocation does the H(DDD) expression terminate; so the "opposite
    behavior" doesn't even kick in.

    Thus, halt-deciding by simulation is a non-starter.

    Great, so what?


    That by itself seems to be more progress than anyone else has ever made. >>> The counter-example input actually does have a correct non-contradicted
    halt status.

    But we know that absolutely Every Turing Machine has a halt status:
    either it halts or does not.


    As soon as HHH(DD) can return 0 as a pure function
    of its input the HP proofs have been defeated.

    Nope, because if it does, DD will halt, so that answer is wrong.

    Maybe you have shown that POOP deciders might exist, but not halt deciders.


    The decider has not halted and so has not calculated that status.

    You are assigning an importance to this degenerate case which it doesn't
    have.

    A decider that doesn't halt on non-terminating inputs is of worse
    quality sophisticated one which is defeated by the actual contradictory
    behavior in the test case.

    Next is to transform HHH so that it can recognize the repeating state as >>> a pure function of its input. If I can do this that will complete my
    work. Then I will have refuted the HP proofs.

    The problem is that you cannot be transforming HHH without
    simultaneously be transforming the DD which is based on HHH.


    *Ultimately is is just the adapted Linz proof*
    *From the bottom of page 319 has been adapted to this* https://www.liarparadox.org/Peter_Linz_HP_317-320.pdf

    By changing the criteria, and thus solving a different problem, making
    you claims about Halting just lies.


    Turing Machine Linz -n applied to its own machine description rf?-nrf-
    -n.q0 rf?-nrf- reo* -n.embedded_H rf?-nrf- rf?-nrf- reo* -n.reR
    -a-a if rf?-nrf- rf?-nrf- simulated by -n.embedded_H reaches
    -a-a its simulated final halt state of rf?-n.qnrf-, and

    -n.q0 rf?-nrf- reo* -n.embedded_H rf?-nrf- rf?-nrf- reo* -n.qn
    -a-a if rf?-nrf- rf?-nrf- simulated by -n.embedded_H cannot possibly
    -a-a reach its simulated final halt state of rf?-n.qnrf-.

    Repeats until aborted
    (a) -n copies its input rf?-nrf-
    (b) -n invokes embedded_H rf?-nrf- rf?-nrf-
    (c) embedded_H simulates rf?-nrf- rf?-nrf-

    If you split things so that DD retains its original HHH decider, while
    you transform a copy of it to another one, then you have two deciders.

    The two-decider arrangement doesn't refute anything.


    A decider that must have a dry run to be initialized
    before its performs its analysis is not two deciders.

    Nope. There is no "dry run" or it can't have been pure.


    You've already tried that with the static data. Any other means of
    doing it is just as invalid.


    FIVE LLM systems were able to do a pseudo execution
    trace of DD correctly simulated by HHH and derive
    my same conclusion.

    You can easily have two different deciders HHH1 and HHH2 with no static
    data trickery.-a Have DDD call HHH2(DD), and use HHH1(DD) to decide the
    halting of DD. That totally works; HHH1(DD) can produce the correct
    value.-a It doesn't disprove anything.


    So I won't do it that way.
    Five LLM systems could do this on the basis of a text file
    thus as a pure function of their input.

    The easiest way is to rename HHH to HHH1. Then make an exact copy HHH2
    and fix DD to call HHH2(DD). Next, edit HHH1 to eliminate all the static
    data stuff, and have it unconditionally behave as the abort-checking
    simulator. Similarly, edit HHH2 to get rid of the static data stuff, and
    have it unconditionally be a pure simulator.


    Since you said that won't prove anything that it no good.


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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory on Tue Aug 26 21:35:38 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.theory

    On 8/26/25 11:34 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 2:32 AM, Richard Heathfield wrote:
    On 26/08/2025 06:48, olcott wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 12:36 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-25, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    <snip>

    DD correctly simulated by HHH cannot possibly
    reach its own simulated "return" statement
    final halt state is proven by the fact that
    when the abort code is disabled that DD() never
    stops running.

    Again, this is obvious and uninteresting: so what?



    The counter-example input finally has a halt status that is not
    contradicted.

    Make sure you carefully overlook all the people who contradict you.
    (And reality, which is the hardest contradictor of all.)


    Everyone that directly contradicts me only does
    this on the basis of directly contradicting
    verified facts.

    As soon as HHH(DD) correctly rejects DD as a
    pure function of its input the HP proofs are
    proven to not derive their conclusion.


    No, your argument is directly contradicted by the verified facts that
    the wording of the Halting problem talks about the behavior of the
    directly executed program, which halts when you decider claims it doesn't.

    Everything else is just your lies and stupidity.
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  • From Fred. Zwarts@F.Zwarts@HetNet.nl to comp.theory on Wed Aug 27 09:57:20 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.theory

    Op 26.aug.2025 om 18:53 schreef olcott:
    On 8/26/2025 11:37 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-26, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 1:39 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-26, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 12:34 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-25, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/25/2025 6:03 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    I agree that if we take any decider H from the special subset of
    deciders which blindly simulate their input, and then if we build the >>>>>> counterexample test case against such an H, that test case will have >>>>>> runway recursion (via nested simulation levels). In none of the DD >>>>>> invocation does the H(DDD) expression terminate; so the "opposite
    behavior" doesn't even kick in.

    Thus, halt-deciding by simulation is a non-starter.

    Great, so what?


    That by itself seems to be more progress than anyone else has ever
    made.
    The counter-example input actually does have a correct non-
    contradicted
    halt status.

    But we know that absolutely Every Turing Machine has a halt status:
    either it halts or does not.


    As soon as HHH(DD) can return 0 as a pure function
    of its input the HP proofs have been defeated.

    The problem is that here is what it means for HHH to be a pure function:
    all uses of HHH are identical, denoting the same computation. If HHH(DD)
    returns 0, and is a pure function call (as required) it means that every
    instance of that expression HHH(DD) everywhere returns 0.-a One such
    instance is inside the test case DD.


    Those instances of HHH that are themselves stuck
    in recursive emulation cannot possibly return.

    If you split things so that DD retains its original HHH decider, while >>>> you transform a copy of it to another one, then you have two deciders. >>>>
    The two-decider arrangement doesn't refute anything.


    A decider that must have a dry run to be initialized
    before its performs its analysis is not two deciders.

    If we have a procedure that behaves in various inconsistent ways when it
    is invoked the first N time, modifying its state, but after N calls
    settles into a consistent behavior in which all subsequent calls denote
    the same computation, we can allow ourselves to model those subsequent
    calls as a pure function call.


    This is an easy fix.

    If our experiment relies on any of the first N calls though, then we
    have impurity in the experiment which amounts to multiple functions
    where we crucially need there to be one function.


    I have proven that DD correctly simulated by HHH
    cannot possibly reach its own simulated "return"
    statement final halt state by the fact that disabling
    the abort causes DD() to never stop.
    In other words: you have proven that the HHH that aborts as well as the
    HHH that does not abort both fail to reach the final halt state.
    The only difference is that the input based on the HHH that aborts has a
    final halt state and the input based on the HHH that does not abort does
    not terminate.
    In both cases, however, HHH fails. The HHH hat aborts fails because it
    does not reach the final halt state specified in the input and returns
    an incorrect result. The HHH that does not abort fails because it does
    not report.
    The premature abort of HHH, which makes that it cannot reach the final
    halt state, does not change the specification of only a finite recursion.
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  • From olcott@polcott333@gmail.com to comp.theory on Wed Aug 27 09:35:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.theory

    On 8/27/2025 2:57 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
    Op 26.aug.2025 om 18:53 schreef olcott:
    On 8/26/2025 11:37 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-26, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 1:39 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-26, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 12:34 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-25, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/25/2025 6:03 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    I agree that if we take any decider H from the special subset of >>>>>>> deciders which blindly simulate their input, and then if we build >>>>>>> the
    counterexample test case against such an H, that test case will have >>>>>>> runway recursion (via nested simulation levels). In none of the DD >>>>>>> invocation does the H(DDD) expression terminate; so the "opposite >>>>>>> behavior" doesn't even kick in.

    Thus, halt-deciding by simulation is a non-starter.

    Great, so what?


    That by itself seems to be more progress than anyone else has ever >>>>>> made.
    The counter-example input actually does have a correct non-
    contradicted
    halt status.

    But we know that absolutely Every Turing Machine has a halt status:
    either it halts or does not.


    As soon as HHH(DD) can return 0 as a pure function
    of its input the HP proofs have been defeated.

    The problem is that here is what it means for HHH to be a pure function: >>> all uses of HHH are identical, denoting the same computation. If HHH(DD) >>> returns 0, and is a pure function call (as required) it means that every >>> instance of that expression HHH(DD) everywhere returns 0.-a One such
    instance is inside the test case DD.


    Those instances of HHH that are themselves stuck
    in recursive emulation cannot possibly return.

    If you split things so that DD retains its original HHH decider, while >>>>> you transform a copy of it to another one, then you have two deciders. >>>>>
    The two-decider arrangement doesn't refute anything.


    A decider that must have a dry run to be initialized
    before its performs its analysis is not two deciders.

    If we have a procedure that behaves in various inconsistent ways when it >>> is invoked the first N time, modifying its state, but after N calls
    settles into a consistent behavior in which all subsequent calls denote
    the same computation, we can allow ourselves to model those subsequent
    calls as a pure function call.


    This is an easy fix.

    If our experiment relies on any of the first N calls though, then we
    have impurity in the experiment which amounts to multiple functions
    where we crucially need there to be one function.


    I have proven that DD correctly simulated by HHH
    cannot possibly reach its own simulated "return"
    statement final halt state by the fact that disabling
    the abort causes DD() to never stop.
    In other words: you have proven that the HHH that aborts as well as the
    HHH that does not abort both fail to reach the final halt state.

    I have proven that DD correctly simulated by HHH
    specifies the non-halting behavior pattern of
    recursive simulation.

    Until you understand this you will lack the mandatory
    prerequisite to understand the rest.

    The only difference is that the input based on the HHH that aborts has a final halt state and the input based on the HHH that does not abort does
    not terminate.
    In both cases, however, HHH fails. The HHH hat aborts fails because it
    does not reach the final halt state specified in the input and returns
    an incorrect result. The HHH that does not abort fails because it does
    not report.
    The premature abort of HHH, which makes that it cannot reach the final
    halt state, does not change the specification of only a finite recursion.
    --
    Copyright 2025 Olcott "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius
    hits a target no one else can see." Arthur Schopenhauer
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  • From Richard Damon@Richard@Damon-Family.org to comp.theory on Wed Aug 27 21:46:50 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.theory

    On 8/27/25 10:35 AM, olcott wrote:
    On 8/27/2025 2:57 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
    Op 26.aug.2025 om 18:53 schreef olcott:
    On 8/26/2025 11:37 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-26, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 1:39 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-26, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 12:34 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-25, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/25/2025 6:03 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    I agree that if we take any decider H from the special subset of >>>>>>>> deciders which blindly simulate their input, and then if we
    build the
    counterexample test case against such an H, that test case will >>>>>>>> have
    runway recursion (via nested simulation levels). In none of the DD >>>>>>>> invocation does the H(DDD) expression terminate; so the "opposite >>>>>>>> behavior" doesn't even kick in.

    Thus, halt-deciding by simulation is a non-starter.

    Great, so what?


    That by itself seems to be more progress than anyone else has
    ever made.
    The counter-example input actually does have a correct non-
    contradicted
    halt status.

    But we know that absolutely Every Turing Machine has a halt status: >>>>>> either it halts or does not.


    As soon as HHH(DD) can return 0 as a pure function
    of its input the HP proofs have been defeated.

    The problem is that here is what it means for HHH to be a pure
    function:
    all uses of HHH are identical, denoting the same computation. If
    HHH(DD)
    returns 0, and is a pure function call (as required) it means that
    every
    instance of that expression HHH(DD) everywhere returns 0.-a One such
    instance is inside the test case DD.


    Those instances of HHH that are themselves stuck
    in recursive emulation cannot possibly return.

    If you split things so that DD retains its original HHH decider,
    while
    you transform a copy of it to another one, then you have two
    deciders.

    The two-decider arrangement doesn't refute anything.


    A decider that must have a dry run to be initialized
    before its performs its analysis is not two deciders.

    If we have a procedure that behaves in various inconsistent ways
    when it
    is invoked the first N time, modifying its state, but after N calls
    settles into a consistent behavior in which all subsequent calls denote >>>> the same computation, we can allow ourselves to model those subsequent >>>> calls as a pure function call.


    This is an easy fix.

    If our experiment relies on any of the first N calls though, then we
    have impurity in the experiment which amounts to multiple functions
    where we crucially need there to be one function.


    I have proven that DD correctly simulated by HHH
    cannot possibly reach its own simulated "return"
    statement final halt state by the fact that disabling
    the abort causes DD() to never stop.
    In other words: you have proven that the HHH that aborts as well as
    the HHH that does not abort both fail to reach the final halt state.

    I have proven that DD correctly simulated by HHH
    specifies the non-halting behavior pattern of
    recursive simulation.

    But *ONLY* for the DD built on an HHH that does a correct simulation of
    its input, and thus doesn't answer.

    Since a given HHH has exactly one behavior for a given input, any HHH
    that gives the non-halting answer didn't do a correct simulation, and by
    the rules of pairing, its DD wasn't built on the HHH that does, so it
    isn't correct.


    Until you understand this you will lack the mandatory
    prerequisite to understand the rest.

    Until you understand that you need to be talking about programs per the
    field, you won't understand that you are lying by just building an
    argument on a category error.

    All you are doing is proving that you are a pathological liar that
    doesn't know the proper meaning of the words he is using, and doesn't care


    The only difference is that the input based on the HHH that aborts has
    a final halt state and the input based on the HHH that does not abort
    does not terminate.
    In both cases, however, HHH fails. The HHH hat aborts fails because it
    does not reach the final halt state specified in the input and returns
    an incorrect result. The HHH that does not abort fails because it does
    not report.
    The premature abort of HHH, which makes that it cannot reach the final
    halt state, does not change the specification of only a finite recursion.



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  • From Fred. Zwarts@F.Zwarts@HetNet.nl to comp.theory on Thu Aug 28 08:51:17 2025
    From Newsgroup: comp.theory

    Op 27.aug.2025 om 16:35 schreef olcott:
    On 8/27/2025 2:57 AM, Fred. Zwarts wrote:
    Op 26.aug.2025 om 18:53 schreef olcott:
    On 8/26/2025 11:37 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-26, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 1:39 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-26, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/26/2025 12:34 AM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    On 2025-08-25, olcott <polcott333@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 8/25/2025 6:03 PM, Kaz Kylheku wrote:
    I agree that if we take any decider H from the special subset of >>>>>>>> deciders which blindly simulate their input, and then if we
    build the
    counterexample test case against such an H, that test case will >>>>>>>> have
    runway recursion (via nested simulation levels). In none of the DD >>>>>>>> invocation does the H(DDD) expression terminate; so the "opposite >>>>>>>> behavior" doesn't even kick in.

    Thus, halt-deciding by simulation is a non-starter.

    Great, so what?


    That by itself seems to be more progress than anyone else has
    ever made.
    The counter-example input actually does have a correct non-
    contradicted
    halt status.

    But we know that absolutely Every Turing Machine has a halt status: >>>>>> either it halts or does not.


    As soon as HHH(DD) can return 0 as a pure function
    of its input the HP proofs have been defeated.

    The problem is that here is what it means for HHH to be a pure
    function:
    all uses of HHH are identical, denoting the same computation. If
    HHH(DD)
    returns 0, and is a pure function call (as required) it means that
    every
    instance of that expression HHH(DD) everywhere returns 0.-a One such
    instance is inside the test case DD.


    Those instances of HHH that are themselves stuck
    in recursive emulation cannot possibly return.

    If you split things so that DD retains its original HHH decider,
    while
    you transform a copy of it to another one, then you have two
    deciders.

    The two-decider arrangement doesn't refute anything.


    A decider that must have a dry run to be initialized
    before its performs its analysis is not two deciders.

    If we have a procedure that behaves in various inconsistent ways
    when it
    is invoked the first N time, modifying its state, but after N calls
    settles into a consistent behavior in which all subsequent calls denote >>>> the same computation, we can allow ourselves to model those subsequent >>>> calls as a pure function call.


    This is an easy fix.

    If our experiment relies on any of the first N calls though, then we
    have impurity in the experiment which amounts to multiple functions
    where we crucially need there to be one function.


    I have proven that DD correctly simulated by HHH
    cannot possibly reach its own simulated "return"
    statement final halt state by the fact that disabling
    the abort causes DD() to never stop.
    In other words: you have proven that the HHH that aborts as well as
    the HHH that does not abort both fail to reach the final halt state.

    I have proven that DD correctly simulated by HHH
    specifies the non-halting behavior pattern of
    recursive simulation.

    As usual incorrect claims without evidence.
    You have exposed the failure of HHH. HHH has a bug, which makes that it
    thinks that a finite recursion is a non-termination behaviour pattern,
    but there is no such pattern in the input.
    HHH does not analyse the conditional branch instructions encountered
    during the simulation. It just stops the simulation, without a proof
    that the alternate branches are not followed in a correct continuation
    of the simulation. Other simulators using the exact same input, that do
    not abort, prove that these alternate branches are followed when the simulation is correctly continued.
    That HHH, due to this bug, does not correctly interpret the input, does
    not change the fact that the input specifies a program with halting
    behaviour.


    Until you understand this you will lack the mandatory
    prerequisite to understand the rest.

    Taking the claim that you need to prove as a prerequisite is an invalid circular reasoning.
    We know that this prerequisite exists only in your dreams and not in
    reality, but you are too stubborn to even think about the possibility
    that your dreams could be wrong. You close your eyes and pretend that
    these facts do not exist.
    That seems to be also the reason why you never try to find a counter
    argument, but only keep repeating your debunked claims without any new evidence.


    The only difference is that the input based on the HHH that aborts has
    a final halt state and the input based on the HHH that does not abort
    does not terminate.
    In both cases, however, HHH fails. The HHH hat aborts fails because it
    does not reach the final halt state specified in the input and returns
    an incorrect result. The HHH that does not abort fails because it does
    not report.
    The premature abort of HHH, which makes that it cannot reach the final
    halt state, does not change the specification of only a finite recursion.



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