; This machine halts if and only if Erdős' conjecture on powers of two is false: ; ; "For all n > 8, there is at least one 2 in the ternary representation of 2^n" ; ; P. Erdős. Some unconventional problems in number theory. Mathematics Magazine, 52(2):67–70, 1979. ; ; The machine has 15 states and 2 symbols. ; The machine simulates 'powers_of_two_5_4.txt' with the following encoding table: ; ; 0: ba, 1: ab, 2: aa, #: bb ; ; This machine was proven correct: initial_state: mul2_G_sim redundancy: 2 blank_symbol: b mul2_F_sim a a R mul2_F_a b b R mul2_F_b mul2_F_a a b R mul2_G_sim b a R mul2_F_sim mul2_F_b a a R mul2_F_sim b b L find_2_a find_2_sim a a L find_2_a b b L find_2_b find_2_a a a L rewind_sim b b L find_2_sim find_2_b a a L find_2_sim b b L check_halt_sim mul2_G_sim a a R mul2_G_a b a R mul2_G_b mul2_G_a a a R mul2_G_sim b a L mul2_G_extra mul2_G_b a b R mul2_F_sim b b R mul2_F_sim mul2_G_extra a b R mul2_G_a b b R rewind_b rewind_sim a a L rewind_a b b L rewind_b rewind_a a a L rewind_sim b b L rewind_sim rewind_b a a L rewind_sim b b R mul2_G_b check_halt_sim a b L check_halt_a b a R rewind_b check_halt_a a HALT b a R mul2_G_extra