From: |-|ercules on
"Olivier" <Olve(a)nowhere.wd> wrote ...
> Sylvia Else a �crit :
> [...]
>> A computer is a finite state machine, so although it may continue to compute forever, its outputs must start to repeat.
>
> So so so very false --
> Maybe you should have a look at van der Waerden's Theorem
> to get to understand how wrong is your argument.
>
> Anyway, the set of automatic sequences is much larger
> than the set of periodic ones.
> A.O.

Sylvia is referring to a physical computer, a finite state machine that performs a limited
emulation of a turing machine.

Herc