Lecture

Theory of Computability and Halting Problem

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This lecture introduces the theory of computability, focusing on decision problems that require a 'yes' or 'no' answer for each value. The instructor explains the halting problem, which questions if an algorithm will terminate in finite time. Turing's 1936 demonstration shows that an algorithm predicting this does not exist.

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