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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2023 ii Paper 1 12I v Solution by
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For hardness, let . Choose a partial computable function withFor each fixed , define a unary program as follows: on any input , simulate ; if that simulation halts, halt and output , and otherwise run forever. The S-m-n theorem gives a total computable function that maps to a code for . Its accepted language isIn particular,Thus is a many-one reduction . Since was arbitrary, is -hard; together with membership this proves the many-one completeness of the halting problem.
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