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[[Category:Deciders]]
A '''Decider''' (or a '''Filter''') is a program which attempts to decide whether or not a given [[Turing machine]] (TM) will halt. Since the Halting Problem is uncomputable, no decider can decide all TMs, instead deciders categorize each TM into one of three categories: Halting, Proven Infinite, or [[Holdout]].
A '''Decider''' (or a '''Filter''') is a program which attempts to decide whether or not a given [[Turing machine]] (TM) will halt. Since the Halting Problem is uncomputable, no decider can decide all TMs, instead deciders categorize each TM into one of three categories: Halting, Proven Infinite, or [[Holdout]].


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* [[Translated Cycler]]
* [[Translated Cycler]]
* [[Backwards Reasoning]]
* [[Backward Reasoning]]
* [[Closed Position Set]]
* [[Closed Position Set (CPS)]]
* [[Closed Tape Language]]
* [[Closed Tape Language (CTL)]]
* [[Finite Automata Reduction]]
* [[Finite Automata Reduction (FAR)]]
* [[Inductive Proof]]
* [[Inductive Proof System]]
* [[Bouncer]]
* [[Bouncer]]
* [[Halting Segment]]
* [[Halting Segment]]

Latest revision as of 20:24, 11 November 2024

A Decider (or a Filter) is a program which attempts to decide whether or not a given Turing machine (TM) will halt. Since the Halting Problem is uncomputable, no decider can decide all TMs, instead deciders categorize each TM into one of three categories: Halting, Proven Infinite, or Holdout.

There are a wide variety of methods used to construct deciders. Some broad categories are: Accelerated Simulators, Backwards Reasoning and Closed Set methods.

List of Deciders

See also

https://bbchallenge.org/method#deciders