Re: Proof that executed HH(DD,DD) and simulated HH(DD,DD) simulate DD correctly -- Mike Terry

Op 04.jun.2024 om 18:28 schreef olcott:

Heh Mike Terry, please study this to see your mistaken
conclusion of this post:
 On 5/30/2024 3:51 PM, Mike Terry wrote:
 > On 30/05/2024 17:55, olcott wrote:
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 *Here is your mistaken conclusion*
On 5/30/2024 3:51 PM, Mike Terry wrote:
 > On 30/05/2024 17:55, olcott wrote:
 >> That HH is not a pure function does not show that
 >> the simulation is incorrect because:
 >
 > It shows that the simulation is "rubbish" and any
 > trace produced by it can just be ignored.
 >
 > Err, that's it.
 >
 > Mike.
 Proof that executed HH(DD,DD) and simulated HH(DD,DD) simulate DD
correctly. This proof requires expert knowledge of the C programming
language and the x86 programming language.
 With this expertise it is easy to confirm that both the directly
executed HH(DD,DD) and the simulated executed HH(DD,DD) simulate the
steps of DD exactly the way that the x86 machine language specifies.
 *New Paragraph inserted*
We can see that the pair of execution traces derived by the executed
HH(DD,DD) and the simulated HH(DD,DD) (shown below) exactly match
the x86 machine code of DD, (also shown below) thus are proven to be
correct.
 If one also has expertise on the mapping from the C source code to the
x86 assembly language then one also confirms that the x86 version of
DD is exactly what the C source-code specifies.
 01   int DD(int (*x)())
02   {
03     int Halt_Status = HH(x, x);
04     if (Halt_Status)
05         HERE: goto HERE;
06     return Halt_Status;
07   }
08
09   int main()
10   {
11     Output("Input_Halts = ", HH(DD,DD));
12   }
 _DD()
[00001db2] 55         push ebp
[00001db3] 8bec       mov ebp,esp
[00001db5] 51         push ecx
[00001db6] 8b4508     mov eax,[ebp+08]
[00001db9] 50         push eax        ; push DD
[00001dba] 8b4d08     mov ecx,[ebp+08]
[00001dbd] 51         push ecx        ; push DD
[00001dbe] e8bff5ffff call 00001382   ; call HH
[00001dc3] 83c408     add esp,+08
[00001dc6] 8945fc     mov [ebp-04],eax
[00001dc9] 837dfc00   cmp dword [ebp-04],+00
[00001dcd] 7402       jz 00001dd1
[00001dcf] ebfe       jmp 00001dcf
[00001dd1] 8b45fc     mov eax,[ebp-04]
[00001dd4] 8be5       mov esp,ebp
[00001dd6] 5d         pop ebp
[00001dd7] c3         ret
Size in bytes:(0038) [00001dd7]
   machine   stack     stack     machine    assembly
  address   address   data      code       language
  ========  ========  ========  =========  =============
[00001de2][00103292][00000000] 55         push ebp
[00001de3][00103292][00000000] 8bec       mov ebp,esp
[00001de5][0010328e][00001db2] 68b21d0000 push 00001db2 ; push DD
[00001dea][0010328a][00001db2] 68b21d0000 push 00001db2 ; push DD
[00001def][00103286][00001df4] e88ef5ffff call 00001382 ; call HH
New slave_stack at:103336
 Begin Local Halt Decider Simulation   Execution Trace Stored at:11333e
[00001db2][0011332a][0011332e] 55         push ebp         ; DD line 01
[00001db3][0011332a][0011332e] 8bec       mov ebp,esp      ; DD line 02
[00001db5][00113326][001032fa] 51         push ecx         ; DD line 03
[00001db6][00113326][001032fa] 8b4508     mov eax,[ebp+08] ; DD line 04
[00001db9][00113322][00001db2] 50         push eax         ; push DD
[00001dba][00113322][00001db2] 8b4d08     mov ecx,[ebp+08] ; DD line 06
[00001dbd][0011331e][00001db2] 51         push ecx         ; push DD
[00001dbe][0011331a][00001dc3] e8bff5ffff call 00001382    ; call HH
New slave_stack at:14dd5e
[00001db2][0015dd52][0015dd56] 55         push ebp         ; DD line 01
[00001db3][0015dd52][0015dd56] 8bec       mov ebp,esp      ; DD line 02
[00001db5][0015dd4e][0014dd22] 51         push ecx         ; DD line 03
[00001db6][0015dd4e][0014dd22] 8b4508     mov eax,[ebp+08] ; DD line 04
[00001db9][0015dd4a][00001db2] 50         push eax         ; push DD
[00001dba][0015dd4a][00001db2] 8b4d08     mov ecx,[ebp+08] ; DD line 06
[00001dbd][0015dd46][00001db2] 51         push ecx         ; push DD
[00001dbe][0015dd42][00001dc3] e8bff5ffff call 00001382    ; call HH
Local Halt Decider: Infinite Recursion Detected Simulation Stopped
 [00001df4][00103292][00000000] 83c408     add esp,+08
[00001df7][0010328e][00000000] 50         push eax
[00001df8][0010328a][00000743] 6843070000 push 00000743
[00001dfd][0010328a][00000743] e8a0e9ffff call 000007a2
Input_Halts = 0
[00001e02][00103292][00000000] 83c408     add esp,+08
[00001e05][00103292][00000000] eb79       jmp 00001e80
[00001e80][00103292][00000000] 33c0       xor eax,eax
[00001e82][00103296][00000018] 5d         pop ebp
[00001e83][0010329a][00000000] c3         ret
Number of Instructions Executed(16829) == 251 Pages
 

This is a perfect example of a false negative. It is explained by the following:
Olcott defends a simulating halt decider H. The problem with it is, that it introduces another halting problem: The H itself does not halt when simulated by itself. This causes false negatives: many functions are now diagnosed by H to be non-halting only by the mere fact that they call H, even if their direct execution does halt.
We see in olcott's example above that the simulation of H invokes a recursive simulation of H.
H even diagnoses itself to be non-halting, which is illustrated in the following example (where the D that contradicts H is eliminated):
        typedef int (*ptr)();  // ptr is pointer to int function in C
        int H(ptr p, ptr i);
        int main()
        {
          H(main, 0);
        }
The program main does nothing but calling H. H is required to halt, so main itself should also halt. Nevertheless H reports that main does not halt.
Of the infinite set of H that simulate at least one step, none of them, when simulated by H, reaches its final state. So, it follows that H determines non-halting behaviour of H.
This illustrates that a simulating halt-decider is a bad idea, because the decider itself does not halt when simulated by itself and therefore its results are often false negatives.