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** Andrew Ducharme has continued reducing the [[BB(7)#Phase 2|number of holdouts]] with Stage 4 of Phase 2. Afterwards, Terry Ligocki ran Stage 5 of Phase 2. Initially, in the beginning of the month there were 22,801,601 holdouts, and 20,405,295 holdouts remain. (10.51% reduction) | ** Andrew Ducharme has continued reducing the [[BB(7)#Phase 2|number of holdouts]] with Stage 4 of Phase 2. Afterwards, Terry Ligocki ran Stage 5 of Phase 2. Initially, in the beginning of the month there were 22,801,601 holdouts, and 20,405,295 holdouts remain. (10.51% reduction) | ||
* [[BB(4,3)|BB(4,3):]] | * [[BB(4,3)|BB(4,3):]] | ||
**Terry Ligocki has begun [[BB(4,3)# | **Terry Ligocki has begun [[BB(4,3)#Phase 2|Phase 2 of holdout reduction,]] reducing the number of holdouts from 460,916,384 to 9,401,447. (97.96% reduction) | ||
*[[BB(3,4)|BB(3,4):]] | *[[BB(3,4)|BB(3,4):]] | ||
**[[User:XnoobSpeakable|XnoobSpeakable]] and [[User:WarpedWartWars|Lúkos]] are running filters in the domain under [[BB(3,4)#Phase 2|Phase 2]], reducing the holdout count from 434,787,751 to 15,136,283. (96.6% reduction) | **[[User:XnoobSpeakable|XnoobSpeakable]] and [[User:WarpedWartWars|Lúkos]] are running filters in the domain under [[BB(3,4)#Phase 2|Phase 2]], reducing the holdout count from 434,787,751 to 15,136,283. (96.6% reduction) | ||
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**[https://discord.com/channels/960643023006490684/1259770421046411285/1428501877947109437 Peacemaker II gave an informal proof of a machine never halting], making the informal holdout count 67. | **[https://discord.com/channels/960643023006490684/1259770421046411285/1428501877947109437 Peacemaker II gave an informal proof of a machine never halting], making the informal holdout count 67. | ||
*[[BB(2,6)|BB(2,6):]] | *[[BB(2,6)|BB(2,6):]] | ||
**Andrew Ducharme has completed [[BB(2,6)#Stage 3| | **Andrew Ducharme has completed [[BB(2,6)#Stage 3|Stage 3 of Phase 2]], reducing the number of holdouts from 873,469 to 870,085. (0.39% reduction) | ||
== Theory == | == Theory == | ||
Revision as of 19:27, 27 October 2025
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This edition of TMBR is in progress and has not yet been released. Please add any notes you think may be relevant (including in the form a of a TODO with a link to any relevant Discord discussion).
TODO: BB(3x3) month
Misc
TODO: Add the mechanical Turing Machine. discord source: https://discord.com/channels/960643023006490684/1362008236118511758/1425889021653160026 and onwards
TODO: Add the method used by @Bricks to measure susceptibility to block-analysis. discord source: https://discord.com/channels/960643023006490684/1239205785913790465/1430227817957953638 also results: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1j00LBxxp9W7uz1wZdMIvDCZ56eReuH0IGO9Z8-yybcQ/edit?usp=sharing
Blog Posts
- 22 Oct 2025. Ben Brubaker. Why Busy Beaver Hunters Fear the Antihydra.
- ? Oct 2025. Katelyn Doucette. Building the Busy Beaver Ladder.
Champions
- BB(4,3):
- Polygon analysed the remaining "potential champions" discovered by Pavel Kropitz in May 2024, discovering that
1RB1RD1LC_2LB1RB1LC_1RZ1LA1LD_0RB2RA2RD(bbch) is the new BB(4,3) champion with a score of over .
- Polygon analysed the remaining "potential champions" discovered by Pavel Kropitz in May 2024, discovering that
Holdouts
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- BB(6):
- @mxdys shared a new holdouts list on October 20th, consisting of 1618 machines up to equivalence, or 3067 individual machines. This means 73 newly solved machines, a 4% reduction.
- @Bricks shared a machine which they thought could be susceptible to block-analysis based on a method they call Subtape Saturation Heuristic. Shawn Ligocki's analysis, simulated by @Bricks showed the machine to halt with a sigma score of 4,419,340,317.
- Analysis by Racheline showed a machine to be non-halting.
- BB(7):
- Andrew Ducharme has continued reducing the number of holdouts with Stage 4 of Phase 2. Afterwards, Terry Ligocki ran Stage 5 of Phase 2. Initially, in the beginning of the month there were 22,801,601 holdouts, and 20,405,295 holdouts remain. (10.51% reduction)
- BB(4,3):
- Terry Ligocki has begun Phase 2 of holdout reduction, reducing the number of holdouts from 460,916,384 to 9,401,447. (97.96% reduction)
- BB(3,4):
- XnoobSpeakable and Lúkos are running filters in the domain under Phase 2, reducing the holdout count from 434,787,751 to 15,136,283. (96.6% reduction)
- BB(2,5):
- Peacemaker II gave an informal proof of a machine never halting, making the informal holdout count 67.
- BB(2,6):
- Andrew Ducharme has completed Stage 3 of Phase 2, reducing the number of holdouts from 873,469 to 870,085. (0.39% reduction)
Theory
TODO: Update this section after studying existing literature a bit more.
Linear-Inequality Affine Transformation Automata (LIATA) were introduced as a generalization of the BMO1 rules:
- @Bard proved that 3 dimension LIATA are Turing complete: [1]
- @star proved that 2 dimension LIATA are Turing complete: [2]
- BMO1 is a 2d-LIATA so this provides some sense for the difficulty of the problem.
Deciders
TODO: Add -d's cpp quick_sim project. Discord source: https://discord.com/channels/960643023006490684/1226543091264126976/1426265937455222794
TODO: Add Katelyn's inductive project. Discord source:https://discord.com/channels/960643023006490684/1369339127652159509/1419016459560161280 https://discord.com/channels/960643023006490684/1095740122139480195/1427714010697961534