Post Tag System

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Tag System

TODO

BB_PT

Let BB_PT(v,S) = max steps across all halting v-tag systems (deletion number v) of size S where size is computed as #symbols + sum of rule lengths. We default to BB_PT(S) = BB_PT(2,S) since 2-tags is Turing complete. The tag systems (TS) start with tape 0^v. Each step they delete the first v symbols of the tape and append w_k (rule k, where k was the first symbol deleted). They halt if tape size < v.

Starting with tape 0^v basically just means that the first step sets tape to w_0

Champions

2-tag Champions
Size BB_PT(n) Champion Holdouts
1 = 1 0 -> eps 0
2 = 1 0 -> 0 0
3 = 1 0 -> 0, 1 -> eps 0
4 = 2 0 -> 11, 1 -> eps 0
5 = 4 0 -> 011, 1 -> eps 0
6 = 5 0 -> 011, 1 -> 1 0
7 ≥ 10 0 -> 0111, 1 -> 1 1
8 ≥ 19 0 -> 111, 1 -> 20, 2 -> eps 8
9 ≥ 49 0 -> 11, 1 -> 021, 2 -> 2 326
10 ≥ 779 0 -> 112, 1 -> 1, 2 -> 002 2,491
11 ≥ 196,841 0 -> 120221, 1 -> 0, 2 -> 2 14,972

"eps" is the empty string

Cryptids

realsheepthe constructed a size 11 Cryptid (originally mislabeled as a near-Cryptid) 0 —> 11111, 1 —> 20, 2 —> 1 which simulates the Collatz-like iteration:

S(n) = 1^n
S(0) —(0)->  (halt)
S(1) —(0)-> 1 (halt)
S(2k + 2) -(2k + 2)-> S(k + 1)
S(2k + 3) -(2k + 4)-> S(5k + 9)

00 -(1)-> S(5)
-(6)-> S(14)
-(14)-> S(7)
-(8)-> S(19)
-(20)-> S(49)
-(50)-> S(124)
...

Analysis

BB_PT(7) champion analysis:

0 -> 0111, 1 -> 1

S(n) = 1^n 0 111
S(2k) —(k + 1)—> S(k + 2)
S(2k + 1) —(2k + 4)—> 1 (halt)

00 —(1)—> S(0)
—(1)—> S(2)
—(2)—> S(3)
—(6)—> 1 (halt)

BB_PT(8) champion analysis:

0 -> 111, 1 -> 20, 2 -> 

S(n) = 1^(n + 2)
S(2k) —(2k + 2)—>  (halt)
S(2k + 1) —(2k + 4)—> S(3k + 3)

00 —(1)—> S(1)
—(4)—> S(3)
—(6)—> S(6)
—(8)—>  (halt)