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This machine repeatedly applies the following map, starting with <math>x = 0</math><ref>Aaronson, S. (2020). The Busy Beaver Frontier. Page 10-11. https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/bb.pdf</ref>: | This machine repeatedly applies the following map, starting with <math>x = 0</math><ref>Aaronson, S. (2020). The Busy Beaver Frontier. Page 10-11. https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/bb.pdf</ref>: | ||
<math display="block">\begin{align} | <math display="block">\begin{align} | ||
g(x) & \to | g(x) & \to \frac{5x+18}{3} && \text{if }x \equiv 0 \pmod{3} \\ | ||
g(x) & \to | g(x) & \to \frac{5x+22}{3} && \text{if }x \equiv 1 \pmod{3} \\ | ||
g(x) & \to \text{HALT} | g(x) & \to \text{HALT} && \text{if }x \equiv 2 \pmod{3} | ||
\end{align}</math> | \end{align}</math> | ||
Revision as of 20:53, 4 July 2024
The 5-state busy beaver champion (and winner!) is: https://bbchallenge.org/1RB1LC_1RC1RB_1RD0LE_1LA1LD_1RZ0LA. It was found by Heiner Marxen and Jürgen Buntrock in 1989[1]. The machine halts after 47,176,870 steps and with 4098 1's on the tape, showing that and .
This machine repeatedly applies the following map, starting with [2]:
The full orbit from is:
- ↑ H. Marxen and J. Buntrock. Attacking the Busy Beaver 5. Bulletin of the EATCS, 40, pages 247-251, February 1990. https://turbotm.de/~heiner/BB/mabu90.html
- ↑ Aaronson, S. (2020). The Busy Beaver Frontier. Page 10-11. https://www.scottaaronson.com/papers/bb.pdf