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The Infinity Machine (greenend.org.uk)
19 points by yters on Sept 22, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


The properties of the outcome of a limit function or an infinite series are known to be, often, different to any finite part of that series or limit. Check the SEP under "supertasks"

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/spacetime-supertasks/


Is this machine equivalent to an oracle machine for the halting problem of turing machines?


AFAICT, yes.




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