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To Halt or Not to Halt? That Is the Question

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To Halt or Not to Halt? That Is the Question - Calude, Cristian S
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This is a book about the 'Halting Problem', arguably the most (in)famous computer-related problem: can an algorithm decide in finite time whether an arbitrary computer program eventually stops? This seems a dull, petty question: after all, you run the program and wait till it stops. However, what if the program does not stop in a reasonable time, a week, a year, or a decade? Can you infer that it will never stop? The answer is negative. Does this raise your interest? If not, consider these questions: Can mathematics be done ...

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To Halt or Not to Halt? That Is the Question 2024, World Scientific Publishing Company

ISBN-13: 9789811232275

Hardcover