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arxiv: math/0504351 · v1 · submitted 2005-04-18 · 🧮 math.LO

The halting problem is decidable on a set of asymptotic probability one

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The halting problem for Turing machines is decidable on a set of asymptotic probability one. Specifically, there is a set B of Turing machine programs such that (i) B has asymptotic probability one, so that as the number of states n increases, the proportion of all n-state programs that are in B goes to one; (ii) B is polynomial time decidable; and (iii) the halting problem H intersect B is polynomial time decidable. The proof is sensitive to the particular computational model.

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