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The Halting Problem

 

 

Theorem 3:

Let M1, M2, ... be a list of all TM using 1, #.

The Halting Problem is the problem of finding an effective procedure to compute function h such that h(m,n) = 1 iff Mm doesn't halt if it begins by scanning n 1s.

The Halting Problem is unsolvable.

Proof:

If it were solvable then the SHP would be solvable with S(n) = h(n, n).