Sipser 7.4

Read the remaining portion of Sipser § 7.4: pages 304 – 311

  1. Windows are used in the φmove formula of the proof of the Cook-Levine theorem. What does this boolean formula capture?
  2. Suppose that we are translating the Turing machine M1 from figure 3.10 of the text (pp. 173 in the third edition) to a boolean formula according to Cook-Levine. Suppose that the current configuration $$C_i$$ under consideration is
    $$x x q_3 1 0 \# xx00 .$$
    (Recall that a configuration represents the current contents of the tape, the current state, and the position of the tape head.)
    Describe (a) a legal window involving configurations $$C_i,$$ and the next configuration $$C_{i+1}.$$

    and (b) an illegal window involving these configurations.

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