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I am working out of Cutlands computability book and I am having trouble understanding the following example:
"The function x+y is Turing-computable." Then the example lists the following specifications:
q_1 1 B q_1
q_1 B R q_2
q_2 1 B q_3
q_2 B R q_2
I wanted to verify this worked for, say, x=2 and y=1. I should end up with three. I started by writing out the tape the machine should begin with (blank marked by B):
...| 1 | 1 | B | 1 | B | ...
The first problem I am having is not understanding where I should start and what state it the start should be. When I start with the following square (marked with * to the right of the number in the square) at state q_1, I get the following:
Start ...| 1* | 1 | B | 1 | B | ...
End ...| B | B | B | 1 | B | ...
Which cannot be correct since I am attempting to add 2&1 not subtract 1 from 2. Can someone please point out what I am doing wrong?
Thank you!
"The function x+y is Turing-computable." Then the example lists the following specifications:
q_1 1 B q_1
q_1 B R q_2
q_2 1 B q_3
q_2 B R q_2
I wanted to verify this worked for, say, x=2 and y=1. I should end up with three. I started by writing out the tape the machine should begin with (blank marked by B):
...| 1 | 1 | B | 1 | B | ...
The first problem I am having is not understanding where I should start and what state it the start should be. When I start with the following square (marked with * to the right of the number in the square) at state q_1, I get the following:
Start ...| 1* | 1 | B | 1 | B | ...
End ...| B | B | B | 1 | B | ...
Which cannot be correct since I am attempting to add 2&1 not subtract 1 from 2. Can someone please point out what I am doing wrong?
Thank you!
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