On Jun 26, 8:12 pm, Tim Little <t...@little-possums.net> wrote: > On 2010-06-26, Newberry <newberr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > If the Turing machine is hacked such that it outputs a digit on any > > state transition does it not represent a real? > > Suppose I have a Turing machine that repeatedly marks and erases a > symbol at the start position. What real are you saying that this > machine represents? > > - Tim
Well, the Turing machine includes a state machine. On each state transition it outputs a digit. Let us say that the machine outputs 1 on every state transition. The it represents the number 0.111111111111111111111111....1111111...........
