To show the execution of 2+4 using the instantaneous description for Example 9.9, we need to follow the steps of the Turing machine as described in the lecture notes.
Here is the step-by-step execution:
1. Initial Tape Configuration:
The tape starts with the representation of the numbers 2 and 4 separated by a 0:
(Here, "#" represents the blank symbol, "1" represents a unit, and "0" is the separator.)
2. The Turing machine will move the 0 to the right end of the second number (4).
Head Position: On the first "1"
Head Position: On the second "1"
Head Position: On the "0"
Action: Change "0" to "1", move right
Head Position: On the first "1" after the original "0"
Head Position: On the second "1" after the original "0"
Head Position: On the third "1" after the original "0"
Head Position: On the fourth "1" after the original "0"
Head Position: On the blank symbol "#"
Action: Change "#" to "0", move left
Head Position: On the last "1"
Head Position: On the fourth "1"
Head Position: On the third "1"
Head Position: On the second "1"
Head Position: On the first "1"
Head Position: On the blank symbol "#"
Head Position: On the first "1"
Head Position: On the second "1"
Head Position: On the third "1"
Head Position: On the fourth "1"
Head Position: On the fifth "1"
Head Position: On the sixth "1"
Head Position: On the "0"
Action: Change "0" to "#", move right
Head Position: On the blank symbol "#"
Final Tape Configuration:
The tape now represents the sum of 2 and 4:
(This represents the number 6.)
The Turing machine successfully computes 2+4, resulting in the tape configuration "#1111111#", which represents the number 6.