Computer Science: An Overview: Global Edition (12th Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Theory of Computation - Section 12.4 - A Noncumputable Function - Questions & Exercises - Page 556: 3

Answer

The halting problem does not have an algorithmic solution.

Work Step by Step

The point here is that the logic is the same as in our argument that the halting problem does not have an algorithmic solution. If the house painter paints his or her own house, then he or she does not and vice versa.
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