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Database System Concepts

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ISBN:9780078022159

Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Publisher:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

Chapter1: Introduction

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1. Consider the following algorithm which when fed with another algorithm and an input, tells if the program halts:Simulate the first step of the algorithm given.If the program halts, return Yes, the algorithm halts and terminate.If it does not halt (as of yet), capture a snapshot of the simulation.Compare the snapshot with the previous snapshots. If it is the same as one of the snapshots previously taken, return No, the algorithm does not halt and terminate.Simulate the next step.Go to 2.
Now which of the following statements is true? Expound your answer.

A. The construction is correct; The halting problem is only undecidable for computers with infinite memory

B. The construction is wrong; Snapshots of a simulation cannot be captured by a computer program

C. The construction is wrong; The simulation might run into a previously encountered snapshot but still halt.

D. The construction is correct; It solves the halting problem in general for any computer

E. The construction is wrong; The described construction cannot be written as a finite program in a proper computer.

Note: The construction refers to the algorithm described, which is the one that is supposed to solve the halting problem.

2. Explain the attached diagram which shows that the Halting Problem is unsolvable.

If H(P, P) = "halts,"
then loop forever
P as program
Program
H(P, I)
Program
K(P)
Input
Output
Program P
H(P, P)
P as input
If H(P, P) = "loops forever,"
then halt

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