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Halting problem

In computability theory, the halting problem is the decision problem of, given an arbitrary computer program and an input, determining whether said program will eventually finish running and halt, or will continue to run forever. Alan Turing proved in 1937 that the halting problem is undecidable, meaning that no general algorithm exists that can…

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related to References · 146
Halting problem → Abdulla, Addison-Wesley, Alan Turing, Algebraic Methods, Algorithms, Alonzo, American Journal, Amsterdam, An, An Unsolvable Problem, Andrew, Application, Archived, Automata Theory, Basic Papers, Bengt, Bibcode, Börger, Cf, Chapter
related to Further reading · 103
Halting problem → Appendices, August, Automata Theory, Bell Systems Tech, Bertrand Russell, Booth, Busy Beaver Programs, Busy-Beaver Programs, Cambridge, Cf, Chaitin, Cham, Chance, Chap, Chapel Hill, Chapter, Christian Schindelhauer, Computer Age, Computer Science, Consequences
related to Timeline · 56
Halting problem → Alan Turing's, Alonzo Church, An Unsolvable Problem, Application, April, At, Barkley Rosser, Bologna International Congress, Church, Church's, Control Systems Laboratory, David Hilbert, Decision Problem, Elementary Number Theory, Emil Post, Emil Post's, Entscheidungsproblem, Finite Combinatory Processes, Formulation, Gödel
related to Gödel's incompleteness theorems · 13
Halting problem → Assume, First Incompleteness Theorem, Gödel's, Gödel's First Incompleteness Theorem, In, It, Now, Since, So, The, Then, This, We
related to Approximations · 12
Halting problem → But, For, Given, However, Some, Then, There, These, This, Thus, Turing, Turing's
related to Origin of the halting problem · 10
Halting problem → Davis, Davis's, However, Kleene's, Many, Martin Davis, Rogers, The, Turing, Turing's
related to Computability theory · 8
Halting problem → Also, For, Here, If, It, Rice's, Rice's Theorem, The
related to Recognizing partial solutions · 8
Halting problem → However, PHS, PHSR, Pi, The, Then, There, To
related to background · 7
Halting problem → For, Given, In, The, This, Turing-complete, Turing-equivalent
related to Common pitfalls · 7
Halting problem → But, Consider, For, However, Interpreters, Such, The

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Halting problemis adecision problem of0.90text
Halting problemis adecision problem about properties of computer programs on a fixed Turing-complete model of computation0.90text
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halting on all inputs can also be reducedinstance ofharder problems0.80text
implying that PHS recognition is not only undecidableinstance ofharder problems0.80text
but higher in the arithmetical hierarchyinstance ofharder problems0.80text
specifically Π 2 0instance ofharder problems0.80text
Halting problemrelated to ApproximationsTuring's0.60section
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