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		<title>Polygon: Added expected number of holdouts</title>
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		<updated>2026-03-19T18:35:12Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Added expected number of holdouts&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;← Older revision&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 18:35, 19 March 2026&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The 2-state 8-symbol [[Busy Beaver]] problem, BB(2,8), is unsolved and unexplored. With [[Cryptids]] like [[Hydra]] in the preceding domain [[BB(2,5)]], we know that we must solve a [[Collatz-like]] problem in order to solve BB(2,8). The current BB(2,8) [[champion]] is simply inherited from [[BB(2,6)]] as BB(2,8) has not yet been explored.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;The 2-state 8-symbol [[Busy Beaver]] problem, BB(2,8), is unsolved and unexplored. With [[Cryptids]] like [[Hydra]] in the preceding domain [[BB(2,5)]], we know that we must solve a [[Collatz-like]] problem in order to solve BB(2,8). The current BB(2,8) [[champion]] is simply inherited from [[BB(2,6)]] as BB(2,8) has not yet been explored.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is known from the enumeration of [[BB(2,7)]] that BB(2,8) will be hard to enumerate.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;It is known from the enumeration of [[BB(2,7)]] that BB(2,8) will be hard to enumerate. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It is expected that an enumeration of this domain will leave about 5,510,000,000,000 [[holdouts]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;https://discord.com/channels/960643023006490684/960643023530762341/1484060947424477235&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;== References ==&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>Polygon</name></author>
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		<title>Polygon: Made this page consistent with other BB Domain pages</title>
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		<updated>2026-02-20T14:12:04Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Made this page consistent with other BB Domain pages&lt;/p&gt;
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 14:12, 20 February 2026&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l1&quot;&gt;Line 1:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Il problema di bb&lt;/del&gt;(2,8) (&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;macchina di Turing con &lt;/del&gt;2 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;stati e &lt;/del&gt;8 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;simboli&lt;/del&gt;) &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;e inesplorato&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;cio significa che bb&lt;/del&gt;(2,8) &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;e molto difficile&lt;/del&gt;, &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;non ci sono limiti inferiori (lower bound&lt;/del&gt;) &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;per bb&lt;/del&gt;(2,8)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;The 2-state 8-symbol [[Busy Beaver]] problem, BB&lt;/ins&gt;(2,8)&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;, is unsolved and unexplored. With [[Cryptids]] like [[Hydra]] in the preceding domain [[BB&lt;/ins&gt;(2&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;,5)]], we know that we must solve a [[Collatz-like]] problem in order to solve BB(2,&lt;/ins&gt;8)&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. The current BB(2,8) [[champion]] is simply inherited from [[BB(2&lt;/ins&gt;,&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;6)]] as BB&lt;/ins&gt;(2,8) &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;has not yet been explored.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-side-deleted&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;It is known from the enumeration of [[BB(2&lt;/ins&gt;,&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;7&lt;/ins&gt;)&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]] that BB&lt;/ins&gt;(2,8) &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;will be hard to enumerate.&lt;/ins&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>BB fan weird: Created page with &quot;Il problema di bb(2,8) (macchina di Turing con 2 stati e 8 simboli) e inesplorato, cio significa che bb(2,8) e molto difficile, non ci sono limiti inferiori (lower bound) per bb(2,8)&quot;</title>
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		<updated>2026-02-11T20:00:22Z</updated>

		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Created page with &amp;quot;Il problema di bb(2,8) (macchina di Turing con 2 stati e 8 simboli) e inesplorato, cio significa che bb(2,8) e molto difficile, non ci sono limiti inferiori (lower bound) per bb(2,8)&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;Il problema di bb(2,8) (macchina di Turing con 2 stati e 8 simboli) e inesplorato, cio significa che bb(2,8) e molto difficile, non ci sono limiti inferiori (lower bound) per bb(2,8)&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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