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Re: Decidability Decider H

From olcott <polcott2@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.theory, sci.logic, comp.ai.philosophy
Subject Re: Decidability Decider H
Date 2023-07-03 10:10 -0500
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On 7/3/2023 8:14 AM, Richard Damon wrote:
> On 7/2/23 11:54 PM, olcott wrote:
>> On 7/2/2023 10:10 PM, olcott wrote:
>>> On 7/2/2023 9:37 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>> On 7/2/23 10:01 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>> On 7/2/2023 8:40 PM, Richard Damon wrote:
>>>>>> On 7/2/23 8:45 PM, olcott wrote:
>>>>>>> A single H can consistently correctly determine whether or not 
>>>>>>> its input
>>>>>>> is pathological relative to itself. When H(D,D) is invoked in
>>>>>>> decidability decider mode determines that D is pathological 
>>>>>>> relative to
>>>>>>> itself this enables a batch file to invoke H1(D,D) to get the actual
>>>>>>> behavior of the directly executed D(D). H1 is identical to H 
>>>>>>> except for
>>>>>>> the pathological relationship to H.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And does an input D that uses this FULL algorithm give your 
>>>>>> algorithm problems?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Since H(D,D) will (apparently) determine that the input is 
>>>>>> pathological, and thus defer to H1(D,D), then when we actually run 
>>>>>> D, appearently it will get that same answer from H1 and do the 
>>>>>> opposite of it, and thus H1 will be wrong.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Remember, the "Pathological" program is built on a copy of the 
>>>>>> ACTUAL program that you ask to decide on it, including ALL of its 
>>>>>> "tricks", including things like this "batch processing".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You seem to be assuming that there is some "Operationg System" 
>>>>>> outside the Decider - Input structure, but there isn't, at least 
>>>>>> not one that can affect the answer of the problem.
>>>>>
>>>>> I spent 12 hours a day for the last 10 days getting the copy the input
>>>>> working. When H(D,D) (in decidability decider mode) detects that its
>>>>> input is in the well defined set of pathological inputs it returns 0
>>>>> indicating that its input is undecidable. The batch file that 
>>>>> invoked H
>>>>> then knows to invoke H1(D,D) to correctly report that D(D) halts.
>>>>>
>>>>> This solution does seem to work correctly on every conventional 
>>>>> proof in
>>>>> every textbook.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> So, what is the definition of that "Well Definde Set"? or is this 
>>>> just another of your moronic oxymorons.
>>>>
>>>
>>> A set is a well-defined collection of objects called elements or 
>>> members of the set. If x is a member of the set S, we write x ∈ S, 
>>> and if x is a not member of the set S, we write x ∈ S Here, 
>>> well-defined means that any given object must either be an element of 
>>> the set, or not be an element of the set.
>>> https://www.math.uvic.ca/faculty/gmacgill/guide/sets.pdf
>>>
>>> My definition of well-defined set is that it includes and excludes a
>>> body of finite string pairs such that the second element of this pair
>>> that can be encoded in an infinite number of different ways that cannot
>>> even be foreseen in advance, all of which have the property of a
>>> pathological relationship to their decider.
>>>
>>> Since my system requires that the behavior of the input must be
>>> considered in making this assessment it is a semantic property.
>>>
>>>> Note, H can't have "Modes" that are externally controlled, as it has 
>>>> no input to control that, it is just a decider that is given an 
>>>> input to decide on.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Technically you are correct on this when construed as computable
>>> functions.
>>>
>>>> If you have some "fuller" algorithm you use to decide that uses the 
>>>> sub-function H to do a step, then D needs to be built on that fuller 
>>>> algorithm, as THAT is what you are actually claiming to be your halt 
>>>> decider.
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is only a matter of returning 1 for non-halting and halting inputs
>>> and returning 0 for pathological inputs, thus the actual computation is
>>> identical except for a single bit of the return value.
>>>
>>> We could also simply run the input where H(D,D) != H1(D,D) means 
>>> pathological input, thus accept the H1(D,D) value as correct.
>>>
>>
>>    u32 H_DD  = H(D,D);
>>    u32 H1_DD = H1(D,D);
>>    if (H_DD != H1_DD)
>>      Output("H1(D,D) correct halt status is:", H1_DD);
>>
>> H1(D,D) correct halt status is:1
> 
> So, what returns the actual results of the Halt decision?
> 
> Remember, THAT is what D will call, not H or H1, since neither, by 
> themselves, is a halt decider.
> 
> That seems to mean that your ACTUAL Halt Decider HD(P, m) would be 
> something like:
> 
> HD(P, m) {
>    u32 H_DD = H(P, m);
>    u32 H1_DD = H1(P, m);
>    return (H_DD == H1_DD) ? H_DD : H1_DD;
> }
> 
> and
> 
> D is defined something like:
> D(P) {
>    if(HD(P,P)) {
>      while(1) ;
>    }
> }
> 
> Which still gives the wrong answer.
> 
> 
> You seem to be forgetting what a Halt Decider needs to be.

At the Turing machine level any D can make it impossible for a
particular H to be unable to correctly report on the behavior of the
directly executed D(D). Because D is a fixed constant finite string it
cannot dynamically reconfigure itself to fool a different H.


-- 
Copyright 2023 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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