Talk:Halting problem: Difference between revisions

From Citizendium
Jump to navigation Jump to search
imported>Ro Thorpe
No edit summary
imported>Ro Thorpe
No edit summary
 
(3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{subpages}}
{{subpages}}
Is 'Halting Problem' always with a capital P? Or can one write 'halting problem'? I ask because if the former the article needs to be moved accordingly. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 14:14, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
Is 'Halting Problem' always with a capital P? Or can one write 'halting problem'? I ask because if the former the article needs to be moved accordingly. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 14:14, 9 March 2008 (CDT)
Oops, you're right, yes it is always with a capital 'P'.  How can I easily move an article (or do I just recreate it ?)
:But the Wikipedia article has 'halting problem' throughout. [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 14:07, 11 March 2008 (CDT)
::More reliable sources use capitals, e.g., http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HaltingProblem.html [[User:Christopher J. Reiss|Christopher J. Reiss]] 15:25, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
:Not in the text: 'the halting problem is solvable for machines...' [[User:Ro Thorpe|Ro Thorpe]] 16:11, 12 March 2008 (CDT)

Latest revision as of 15:11, 12 March 2008

This article is developing and not approved.
 Main Article
 Discussion
Related Articles  [?]
Bibliography  [?]
External Links  [?]
Citable Version  [?]
 
To learn how to update the categories for this article, see here. To update categories, edit the metadata template.
 Definition:  The task to decide whether a certain computer (executing a certain program) will eventually stop. [d] [e]
Checklist and Archives
 Workgroup categories:  Computers and Mathematics [Please add or review categories]
 Talk Archive:  none  English language variant:  British English

Is 'Halting Problem' always with a capital P? Or can one write 'halting problem'? I ask because if the former the article needs to be moved accordingly. Ro Thorpe 14:14, 9 March 2008 (CDT)

Oops, you're right, yes it is always with a capital 'P'. How can I easily move an article (or do I just recreate it ?)

But the Wikipedia article has 'halting problem' throughout. Ro Thorpe 14:07, 11 March 2008 (CDT)
More reliable sources use capitals, e.g., http://mathworld.wolfram.com/HaltingProblem.html Christopher J. Reiss 15:25, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
Not in the text: 'the halting problem is solvable for machines...' Ro Thorpe 16:11, 12 March 2008 (CDT)
Retrieved from "https://citizendium.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Halting_problem&oldid=420336"