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Turing Machines

specify a Turing machine by number or rule

Turing machine rule 2506

Turing machine rule {{1,0} -> {2,1,R}, {2,_} -> {1,0,L}, {1,1} -> {1,0,L}}

include the number of colors and states in a query

3-state, 4-color Turing machine rule 8460623198949736

3,2 TM rule 2139050

choose a Turing machine at random

random Turing machine

random 2-state 5-color Turing machine

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Wolfram 2,3 machine

Busy Beaver 4-state 2-color

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TM 3434 on random tape

specify tape of finite width

TM 1634204 on width 4 tape

specify constant tape

TM 2093445622 on tape = all 2s

specify an initial tape containing a repeating pattern

TM 2506 on tape consisting of central 11111, repeating 010

specify an initial head state

TM 1270904 on tape = single 2, head position = 6, head state = 2

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specify a range of steps

Wolfram 2,3, steps 500 thru 600

Wolfram 2,3, last 50 of 1000 steps

uniformly compress time

evolution of Wolfram 2,3 every 10th step

retain only 'interesting' steps

TM 2506 with left-right compression

left-compressed evolution of Wolfram 2,3

TM 120597441632 center-compressed

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