From: Sylvia Else on
On 6/06/2010 2:53 AM, Olivier 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.

Which do you disagree with - that a computer is a fnite state machine
(looks like a premise, or definition, to me, not an argument), or that
the outputs of a finite state machine must repeat?

Sylvia.