CPSC 411: Quiz 12
December 2, 2008
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- (1 pt)
Choose the best answer:
The set of all functions from the natural numbers to the natural
numbers is (a) empty, (b) nonempty but finite,
(c) countably infinite, (d) uncountably infinite.
- (1 pt)
Consider the function f that takes as input a description of a
program P and an input X for P, and produces as output a 1 if
P halts when executed on input X, and a 0 if P does not halt
when executed on input X.
Is f computable or uncomputable?
- (1 pt)
True or False: Suppose we know that there is a many-one reduction
from problem P1 to problem P2.
If P2 is undecidable, then P1 is undecidable.
- (2 pts)
In order to apply Rice's theorem to show that a property about programs
is undecidable, what must be shown about the property?