Rice's Theorem

Rice's theorem states that the decision problem is decidable (also called recursive or computable) if and only if or .

Read more about Rice's Theorem:  Examples, Proof By Kleene's Recursion Theorem, Rice's Theorem and Index Sets, An Analogue of Rice's Theorem For Recursive Sets

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