Retargeted-input computation seam internals #
This file proves that TM.retargetInputStarted resumes an ordinary source run
after its compulsory sentinel transition. The already-halted case is handled
separately: such a machine can compute only the empty output, and the wrapper
therefore halts immediately on its parked blank output tape.
Any bounded run of the ordinary retargeted-input machine is also a run of the started wrapper.
Exact virtual-input computation seam. The result time omits the source's first transition when that transition exists; an initially halted source uses zero steps.
Same-time form of the virtual-input computation seam.
A decider run can be resumed on a virtual input with the same advertised time bound while retaining both verdict implications.
Combined placement seam with an exact preserved physical frame. The source work tapes and virtual input occupy the placed middle block; all prefix and suffix tapes are returned unchanged.
Placed virtual-input decision with an exact preserved physical frame.